Techniques for generating cell-based therapeutics using recombinant t cell receptor genes

ABSTRACT

The present technology relates generally to compositions and methods for creating recombinant T cell receptor (TCR) libraries and methods of their therapeutic use. The compositions and methods of the present technology are useful for rapid isolation of antigen-specific TCR repertoires as personalized, targeted therapies for cancer and viral infection.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. ProvisionalPatent Application No. 62/637,240, filed Mar. 1, 2018, the contents ofwhich are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

This invention was made with government support under GM103418 awardedby the National Institutes of Health. The government has certain rightsin the invention.

SEQUENCE LISTING

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FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

The present technology relates generally to methods of high-throughputisolation and manipulation of genes from single T cells that encode Tcell receptors as cellular therapies, compositions of T cell libraries,and methods of their therapeutic use.

BACKGROUND

The following description is provided to assist the understanding of thereader. None of the information provided or references cited is admittedto be prior art to the present methods.

Humans have many thousands of T cell receptors that provide a majorcomponent of adaptive immune systems, and T cell receptor responses havebeen demonstrated to provide important contributions to protection fromdiseases including viral infections, cancer, and autoimmunity. However,molecularly defined T cell receptor therapies have had narrow impact onclinical care because the methods for translating T cell receptorresponses into treatments have not fully been elucidated at a scale thatis practical for translational therapies. Current methods rely onlow-throughput T cell receptor identification technologies, cumbersomepractices for cloning of T cell receptors, and a limited ability todirect the cell state of T cell libraries.

There is a need to establish methods for the rapid translation of T cellreceptor responses as drugs for cellular therapeutics, particularly forthe treatment of cancer. The present technology addresses this need, inpart by leveraging the contributions of TCR repertoires to adaptiveimmunity for clinical treatment or prevention of cancer.

SUMMARY

The present technology relates generally to novel compositions andmethods for creating recombinant TCR libraries, and methods of theirtherapeutic use. The compositions and methods of the present technologyare useful for rapid isolation of antigen-specific TCR repertoires fordevelopment of personalized, targeted therapies for cancer and viralinfections.

Accordingly, in one aspect, the present technology provides arecombinant T cell receptor (TCR) library vector comprising: (a) avector backbone; and (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRαpolypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or(b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a secondpolynucleotide encoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA isolated from asingle lysed T cell that is present in a compartment. In someembodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is isolated using anmRNA capture reagent or reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). Additionallyor alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartment containing thecontents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwellwithin a 96-well plate) or a droplet.

In some embodiments of the vector, the first polynucleotide and thesecond polynucleotide are operably linked, optionally via a linkerpolynucleotide. In some embodiments of the vector, the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide have been operably linkedby reverse transcription and PCR amplification of the captured T cellmRNA. In some embodiments of the vector, the first polynucleotide andthe second polynucleotide have been cloned into the vector backbone bycleavage at a target restriction endonuclease site that is nativelyfound in TCR genes. In certain embodiments, the target restrictionendonuclease site occurs in TCR genes with low frequency. In someembodiments, the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide havebeen altered to incorporate at least one target restriction endonucleasesite disclosed in Table 7 or 8. In certain embodiments, the targetrestriction endonuclease site comprises a silent mutation.

In certain embodiments of the vector, the mRNA capture reagent isselected from the group consisting of a poly(dT) coated bead, anoligonucleotide-coated bead, a hydrogel bead, and a printed oligo on thesurface of a microarray well. In some embodiments, the compartment is anemulsion droplet or a well. In certain embodiments, the well is locatedin a printed polymer slide, a plastic plate, a microtiter plate, or agel. In some embodiments, the volume of the compartment is 5 nL or less.

In certain embodiments of the vector, the vector further comprises atleast one polynucleotide encoding an expression control element operablylinked to the first polynucleotide and/or the second polynucleotide. Insome embodiments, the expression control element is selected from thegroup consisting of: a promoter, a p2a sequence, and an IRES sequence.In particular embodiments, the promoter is an EF1α promoter or a CMVpromoter. In certain embodiments, the polynucleotide encoding theexpression control element is located between the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide.

In some embodiments of the vector, the vector is circularized. In someembodiments, the vector has been circularized prior to incorporation ofthe expression control element into the vector. In other embodiments,the vector has been circularized after incorporation of the expressioncontrol element into the vector. In some embodiments, the vector islinear (e.g., not circularized).

In certain embodiments of the vector, the expression control element hasbeen incorporated near a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM). In otherembodiments, the expression control element has been incorporated intothe vector using a DNA-modifying enzyme selected from a restrictionenzyme or a TALEN. In other embodiments, the vector further comprisesone or more polynucleotides encoding a transposon operably linked to atleast one of the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide.

In some embodiments of the vector, the vector further comprises one ormore of: a polynucleotide encoding a detectable marker, a polynucleotideencoding a selectable marker, a polynucleotide encoding a switchmechanism for controlling expression and/or activation of the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide, and a polynucleotideencoding a Kozak consensus sequence or an enhancer.

In certain embodiments of the vector, the vector backbone is selectedfrom a group consisting of a retroviral, a lentiviral, an adenoviral,and an adeno-associated viral vector backbone. In certain embodiments,the vector may comprise linear DNA for CRISPR/Cas9 integration. Incertain embodiments, the vector may comprise DNA that can beincorporated into a host using a recombinase enzyme. In someembodiments, the vector may comprise DNA that can be incorporated into ahost using a transposase enzyme.

In some embodiments of the vector, the encoded T cell receptor (e.g.,TCRαβ or TCRγδ) is reactive against a disease antigen or target cell. Incertain embodiments, the disease antigen is a viral antigen derived froma virus selected from the group consisting of adenovirus, CMV,coronavirus, coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebola virus, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B(HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D (HDV),hepatitis E (HEV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), humanpapillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), human T-lymphotropicvirus (HTLV), influenza A virus, influenza B virus, Japaneseencephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus, molluscum contagiosum, orfvirus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratory syncytial virus, riftvalley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus, tick-borne encephalitis(TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus (TEV),varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, andChikungunya virus. In other embodiments, the disease antigen is a tumorantigen selected from the group consisting of CD45, glypican-3, IGF2B3,Kallikrein 4, KIF20A, Lengsin, Meloe, mucin 5AC (MUC5AC), survivin,cyclin-A1, MAGE-A1, MAGE-C1, MAGE-C2, SSX2, XAGE1b/GAGED2A, CD19, CD20,CD22, CD52, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), human epidermalgrowth factor receptor 2 (HER2), tumor necrosis factor receptorsuperfamily, member 10a (TRAILR1), receptor activator of nuclear factorkappa-B ligand (RANKL), insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R),epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), and carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA).

In another aspect, the present technology provides a recombinant cellcomprising a vector, wherein the vector comprises (a) a vector backbone;and (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a secondpolynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysedT cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent in a compartment,optionally wherein the recombinant cell is a bacterial cell, mammaliancell, or a yeast cell. In other embodiments, the polynucleotidesencoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides are derived from asingle cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent. Additionally oralternatively, in some embodiments, the compartment containing thecontents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwellwithin a 96-well plate) or a droplet.

In one aspect, the present technology provides a recombinant TCR vectorlibrary comprising a plurality of vectors each comprising (a) a vectorbackbone; and (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide anda second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell that was captured by an mRNA capture reagent in a compartment. Insome embodiments, the plurality of vectors comprises a TCR repertoire.In some embodiments, the individual vectors in the TCR vector librarywere selected for inclusion in the TCR library on the basis of one ormore of the following characteristics: TCR clonal prevalence, TCRenrichment characteristics from in vitro assays, TCR bindingspecificity, TCR V segment sequence, TCR D segment sequence, TCR Jsegment sequence, TCR gene motifs, and/or CDR3 gene motifs. In someembodiments, the individual vectors in the library are mixed in adefined ratio to generate a synthetically-derived TCR library.

In another aspect, the present technology provides an isolated immunecell comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a first polynucleotideencoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβpolypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptideand a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein thefirst and second polynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein thefirst polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNAof a single lysed T cell that was captured by an mRNA capture reagent ina compartment. In some embodiments the immune cell is a hematopoieticstem cell, a hematopoietic progenitor cell, a T cell, or a naturalkiller (NK) cell.

In one aspect, the present technology provides a cell populationcomprising a recombinant TCR vector library comprising a plurality ofvectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding aTCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδpolypeptide; wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognatepair, and wherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideare derived from mRNA of a single lysed T cell in a compartment. In someembodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is isolated using anmRNA capture reagent. In other embodiments, the polynucleotides encodingthe paired T cell receptor polypeptides are derived from a single cell,without the use of an mRNA capture reagent. Additionally oralternatively, in some embodiments, the compartment containing thecontents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwellwithin a 96-well plate) or a droplet. In some embodiments, thepopulation comprises hematopoietic stem cells, hematopoietic progenitorcells, T cells, or NK cells.

In another aspect, also provided herein is a method for preparing arecombinant TCR library, the method comprising transforming a populationof cells with a vector library comprising a plurality of vectors eachcomprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a first polynucleotideencoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβpolypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptideand a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein thefirst and second polynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein thefirst polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNAof a single lysed T cell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNAof the single lysed T cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent. Inother embodiments, the polynucleotides encoding the paired T cellreceptor polypeptides are derived from a single cell, without the use ofan mRNA capture reagent. Additionally or alternatively, in someembodiments, the compartment containing the contents of the single lysedT cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwell within a 96-well plate) or adroplet. In some embodiments, the population comprises hematopoieticstem cells, hematopoietic progenitor cells, T cells, or NK cells. Insome embodiments, the plurality of vectors is circularized at certainsteps of the method, and linearized at other steps.

In some embodiments of the method, the library is screened for specificbinding to a target cell. In certain embodiments, the cell is a cancercell or a cell infected with a virus. In some embodiments, the targetcell was isolated from a subject.

In other embodiments of the method, the library is screened for specificbinding to an antigen:MHC complex. In some embodiments the antigen ofthe antigen:MHC complex is a viral antigen derived from a virus selectedfrom the group consisting of adenovirus, CMV, coronavirus,coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), enterovirus 71(EV71), Ebola virus, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B (HBV),cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D (HDV), hepatitis E(HEV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papillomavirus (HPV),herpes simplex virus (HSV), human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), influenzaA virus, influenza B virus, Japanese encephalitis, leukemia virus,measles virus, molluscum contagiosum, orf virus, parvovirus, rabiesvirus, respiratory syncytial virus, rift valley fever virus, rubellavirus, rotavirus, tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), simianimmunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus (TEV), varicella zostervirus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, and Chikungunya virus. Inother embodiments, the antigen of the antigen:MHC complex is a tumorantigen selected from the group consisting of CD45, glypican-3, IGF2B3,Kallikrein 4, KIF20A, Lengsin, Meloe, mucin 5AC (MUC5AC), survivin,cyclin-A1, MAGE-A1, MAGE-C1, MAGE-C2, SSX2, XAGE1b/GAGED2A, CD19, CD20,CD22, CD52, EGFR, HER2, TRAILR1, RANKL, IGF1R, EpCAM, and CEA.

In some embodiments of the method, the library is screened for T cellphenotypic markers. In other embodiments of the method, the library isscreened for hematopoietic stem cell phenotypic markers. In otherembodiments of the method, the library is screened for natural killercell phenotypic markers.

In certain embodiments of the method, the library is screened foractivity in a co-culture system, wherein the co-culture system comprisesat least one of the following: (a) a cancer cell line; (b) a pluralityof cells infected with a known virus; (c) a plurality of tumor cellsisolated from a cancer patient; (d) an immortalized cell line; or (e) aplurality of cells derived from a patient tissue biopsy.

In some embodiments of the method, the transformed cells are activatedin vitro. In particular embodiments, activation is performed using oneor more of the following stimulants: anti-CD3 antibody, anti-CD8antibody, anti-CD27 antibody, IL-2, IL-4, IL-21, anti-PD1 antibody,anti-CTLA4 antibody, tumor cell lysate, cellular co-culture withvirus-infected cells, and tumor cell lines.

In certain embodiments of the method, the population of cells istransformed with a transcription factor. The transcription factor mayinfluence the behavior or phenotype of the transformed cells. In someembodiments, the transcription factor is selected from the groupconsisting of FOXP3, BLIMP-1, Helios, Ikaros, and TGF-beta.

In another aspect, provided herein is a recombinant TCR library preparedby a method comprising transforming a population of cells with a vectorlibrary comprising a plurality of vectors each comprising (a) a vectorbackbone; and (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide anda second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysedT cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent. In other embodiments,the polynucleotides encoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides arederived from a single cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent.Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartmentcontaining the contents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g.,a microwell within a 96-well plate) or a droplet. In some embodiments,the population comprises hematopoietic stem cells, hematopoieticprogenitor cells, T cells, or NK cells.

In one aspect, the present technology provides a composition comprisinga recombinant TCR library prepared by a method comprising transforming apopulation of cells with a vector library comprising a plurality ofvectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding aTCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδpolypeptide; wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognatepair, and wherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideare derived from mRNA of a single lysed T cell in a compartment, and acarrier. In some embodiments, the carrier is a pharmaceuticallyacceptable carrier. In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed Tcell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent. In other embodiments,the polynucleotides encoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides arederived from a single cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent.Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartmentcontaining the contents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g.,a microwell within a 96-well plate) or a droplet.

In one aspect, provided herein is a method of treating a subject in needthereof, the method comprising administering to the subject an effectiveamount of a recombinant TCR library or a composition comprising arecombinant TCR library, wherein the recombinant TCR library wasprepared by a method comprising transforming a population of cells witha vector library comprising a plurality of vectors each comprising (a) avector backbone; and (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRαpolypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or(b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a secondpolynucleotide encoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysedT cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent. In other embodiments,the polynucleotides encoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides arederived from a single cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent.Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartmentcontaining the contents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g.,a microwell within a 96-well plate) or a droplet.

In another aspect, provided herein is a method of treating cancer in asubject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to thesubject an effective amount of a recombinant TCR library or acomposition comprising a recombinant TCR library, wherein therecombinant TCR library was prepared by a method comprising transforminga population of cells with a vector library comprising a plurality ofvectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding aTCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδpolypeptide; wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognatepair, and wherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideare derived from mRNA of a single lysed T cell in a compartment. In someembodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is isolated using anmRNA capture reagent. In other embodiments, the polynucleotides encodingthe paired T cell receptor polypeptides are derived from a single cell,without the use of an mRNA capture reagent. Additionally oralternatively, in some embodiments, the compartment containing thecontents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwellwithin a 96-well plate) or a droplet.

In some embodiments, the cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL);acute myeloid leukemia (AML); adrenocortical carcinoma; AIDS-relatedcancers; anal cancer; appendix cancer; astrocytoma; atypicalteratoid/rhabdoid tumor, brain cancer; basal cell carcinoma of the skin;bile duct cancer; bladder cancer; bone cancer; breast cancer; bronchialtumors; Burkitt lymphoma; carcinoid tumor (gastrointestinal); germ celltumor; primary CNS lymphoma; cervical cancer; cholangiocarcinoma;chordoma; chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL); chronic myelogenousleukemia (CML); chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms; colorectal cancer;craniopharyngioma; cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; ductal carcinoma in situ(DCIS); endometrial cancer; ependymoma; esophageal cancer;esthesioneuroblastoma; extracranial germ cell tumor; extragonadal germcell tumor; eye cancer; intraocular melanoma; retinoblastoma; fallopiantube cancer; fibrous histiocytoma of bone, malignant, and osteosarcoma;gallbladder cancer; gastric cancer; gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor;gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST); germ cell tumors; gestationaltrophoblastic disease; hairy cell leukemia; head and neck cancer; hearttumors; hepatocellular cancer; histiocytosis, Langerhans cell; Hodgkinlymphoma; hypopharyngeal cancer; intraocular melanoma; islet celltumors, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; kidney cancer; laryngealcancer; leukemia; lip and oral cavity cancer; liver cancer; lung cancer;lymphoma; male breast cancer; malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone andosteosarcoma; melanoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; mesothelioma; metastaticcancer; mouth cancer; multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome; multiplemyeloma/plasma cell neoplasms; mycosis fungoides; myelodysplasticsyndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasm, chronic; nasopharyngeal cancer;neuroblastoma; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; non-small cell lung cancer; oralcancer, oropharyngeal cancer; osteosarcoma; ovarian cancer; pancreaticcancer; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; papillomatosis; paraganglioma;paranasal sinus cancer; parathyroid cancer; pharyngeal cancer;pheochromocytoma; pituitary tumor; pleuropulmonary blastoma; prostatecancer; rectal cancer; recurrent cancer; renal cell cancer;retinoblastoma; rhabdomyosarcoma; salivary gland cancer; sarcoma; Ewingsarcoma; Kaposi sarcoma; osteosarcoma; uterine sarcoma; Sezary syndrome;skin cancer; small cell lung cancer; small intestine cancer; soft tissuesarcoma; squamous cell carcinoma of the skin; squamous neck cancer;stomach cancer; T cell lymphoma; testicular cancer; throat cancer;nasopharyngeal cancer; hypopharyngeal cancer; thymic carcinoma; thyroidcancer; urethral cancer; uterine cancer; vaginal cancer; vasculartumors; vulvar cancer; or Wilms tumor.

In one aspect, provided herein is a method of inhibiting tumor growth ina subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to thesubject an effective amount of a recombinant TCR library or acomposition comprising a recombinant TCR library, wherein therecombinant TCR library was prepared by a method comprising transforminga population of cells with a vector library comprising a plurality ofvectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding aTCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδpolypeptide; wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognatepair, and wherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideare derived from mRNA of a single lysed T cell in a compartment. In someembodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is isolated using anmRNA capture reagent. In other embodiments, the polynucleotides encodingthe paired T cell receptor polypeptides are derived from a single cell,without the use of an mRNA capture reagent. Additionally oralternatively, in some embodiments, the compartment containing thecontents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwellwithin a 96-well plate) or a droplet. In some embodiments, the tumor isa solid tumor.

In another aspect, provided herein is a method of treating a viralinfection in a subject in need thereof, the method comprisingadministering to the subject an effective amount of a recombinant TCRlibrary or a composition comprising a recombinant TCR library, whereinthe recombinant TCR library was prepared by a method comprisingtransforming a population of cells with a vector library comprising aplurality of vectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) afirst polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a secondpolynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysedT cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent. In other embodiments,the polynucleotides encoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides arederived from a single cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent.Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartmentcontaining the contents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g.,a microwell within a 96-well plate) or a droplet. In some embodiments,the viral infection is caused by a virus selected from the groupconsisting of adenovirus, CMV, coronavirus, coxsackievirus, Denguevirus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebola virus,hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B (HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C(HCV), hepatitis D (HDV), hepatitis E (HEV), human immunodeficiencyvirus (HIV), human papillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV),human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), influenza A virus, influenza B virus,Japanese encephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus, molluscumcontagiosum, orf virus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratory syncytialvirus, rift valley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus, tick-borneencephalitis (TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus(TEV), varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, andChikungunya virus.

In some embodiments, the methods of treatment provided herein furthercomprise administering one or more additional doses of the recombinantTCR library or the composition to the subject.

In some embodiments, the recombinant TCR library comprises cells thatare autologous or allogenic to the subject being treated.

In some embodiments, the subject is a human, an animal, a non-humanprimate, a dog, cat, a sheep, a mouse, a horse, or a cow. In aparticular embodiment, the subject is a human.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a gel image of overlap extension (OE-PCR) to obtain thefull-length TCR α:β variable region. After the OE-PCR, the PCR productswere purified and analyzed by DNA gel electrophoresis. The TCR α:βamplicon (around 1000 b.p.) was visible, and was further enriched usingnested PCR. After DNA gel electrophoresis, gel extraction was performedto obtain the TCR α:β amplicon. 5 ng of purified PCR product was used asa template for performing semi-nested PCR.

FIG. 2 shows gel electrophoresis of nested PCR products. After DNAelectrophoresis, the TCR α:β amplicon was excised and gel purificationwas performed using Zymoclean™ Gel DNA Recovery Kits (Zymo Research).The purified amplicon was subjected to zero-blunt cloning (Thermo FisherScientific) to analyze TCR α:β amplicon sequences. The sequences wereidentified by the NCBI IGBLAST T cell receptor gene database.

FIG. 3 shows a vector map for the exemplary pLVX-CMV-TCR1-pTert-iCas9vector. The vector comprises an ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′LTRs, a CMV promoter, TCR beta sequences (TRBV6-2 leader peptide,TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alpha sequences (TRAV38-1, TRAV35, and TRAC), ap2A sequence inserted between TCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequenceinserted following the TCR alpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescentmarker, an i-Caspase9 suicide switch controlled by a tet induciblepromoter and flanked by cHS4 insulator sequences, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 4 shows a vector map for pLVX-CMV-TCR2-pTert-iCas9. The vectorcomprises an ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′ LTRs, a CMV promoter,TCR beta sequences (TRBV5-8 leader peptide, TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alphasequences (TRAV40, TRAV35, and TRAC), a p2A sequence inserted betweenTCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequence inserted following the TCRalpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescent marker, an i-Caspase9 suicideswitch controlled by a tet inducible promoter and flanked by cHS4insulator sequences, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 5 shows a vector map for pLVX-CMV-TCR3-pTert-iCas9. The vectorcomprises an ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′ LTRs, a CMV promoter,TCR beta sequences (TRBV10-3 leader peptide, TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alphasequences (TRAV13-2, TRAV35, and TRAC), a p2A sequence inserted betweenTCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequence inserted following the TCRalpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescent marker, an i-Caspase9 suicideswitch controlled by a tet inducible promoter and flanked by cHS4insulator sequences, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 6 shows a vector map for pLVX-CMV-TCR4-pTert-iCas9. The vectorcomprises an ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′ LTRs, a CMV promoter,TCR beta sequences (TRBV28-1 leader peptide, TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alphasequences (TRAV38-1, TRAV35, and TRAC), a p2A sequence inserted betweenTCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequence inserted following the TCRalpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescent marker, an i-Caspase9 suicideswitch controlled by a tet inducible promoter and flanked by cHS4insulator sequences, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 7 shows a vector map for pLVX-CMV-TCR5-pTert-iCas9. The vectorcomprises an ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′ LTRs, a CMV promoter,TCR beta sequences (TRBV24-1 leader peptide, TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alphasequences (TRAV38, TRAV35, and TRAC), a p2A sequence inserted betweenTCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequence inserted following the TCRalpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescent marker, an i-Caspase9 suicideswitch controlled by a tet inducible promoter and flanked by cHS4insulator sequences, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 8 shows a vector map for pLVX-TCR1-pTert-iCas9. The vectorcomprises an ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′ LTRs, a CMV promoter,TCR beta sequences (TRBV6-2 leader peptide, TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alphasequences (TRAV38-1, TRAV35, and TRAC), a p2A sequence inserted betweenTCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequence inserted following the TCRalpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescent marker, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 9 shows a vector map for pLVX-TCR2-pTert-iCas9. The vectorcomprises an ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′ LTRs, a CMV promoter,TCR beta sequences (TRBV5-8 leader peptide, TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alphasequences (TRAV40, TRAV35, and TRAC), a p2A sequence inserted betweenTCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequence inserted following the TCRalpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescent marker, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 10 shows a vector map for pLVX-TCR3-pTert-iCas9. The vectorcomprises an ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′ LTRs, a CMV promoter,TCR beta sequences (TRBV10-3 leader peptide, TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alphasequences (TRAV13-2, TRAV35, and TRAC), a p2A sequence inserted betweenTCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequence inserted following the TCRalpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescent marker, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 11 shows a vector map for pLVX-TCR4-pTert-iCas9. vector comprisesan ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′ LTRs, a CMV promoter, TCR betasequences (TRBV28-1 leader peptide, TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alphasequences (TRAV38-1, TRAV35, and TRAC), a p2A sequence inserted betweenTCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequence inserted following the TCRalpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescent marker, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 12 shows a vector map for pLVX-TCR5-pTert-iCas9. The vectorcomprises an ampicillin resistance gene, 5′ and 3′ LTRs, a CMV promoter,TCR beta sequences (TRBV24-1 leader peptide, TRBV25, TRBC) and TCR alphasequences (TRAV38, TRAV35, and TRAC), a p2A sequence inserted betweenTCR beta and TCR alpha, an IRES sequence inserted following the TCRalpha sequence, an mCherry fluorescent marker, and a WPRE enhancer.

FIG. 13 shows a vector map for the original pLVX-EF1α-IRES-mCherryvector.

FIG. 14 shows a vector map for the modified pLVX-EF1α-IRES-mCherryvector, in which the excess AgeI, SphI, NheI and MluI restriction siteswere eliminated by performing site-directed mutagenesis.

FIG. 15 shows DNA electrophoresis analysis of the T cell receptor (TCR)amplicon (alpha: beta chain) from single-cell emulsificationoverlap-extension RT-PCR. Left panel indicates PCR amplification schemeof the paired alpha: beta chain TCR amplicon. Right panel displays theDNA electrophoresis results of the 1^(st) semi-nested, 2^(nd)semi-nested and Mi-seq PCR. T cell receptor amplicons were highlightedin red square. The Miseq primers annealed at the FR3 region of the TRBVgenes, yielding an ˜550 bp paired alpha:beta PCR amplicon for nativelypaired DNA sequence analysis.

FIG. 16 shows a summary of linked alpha:beta T cell receptor genedistribution. After high-throughput sequencing, raw DNA sequences werequality-filtered and annotated for TCR gene usage via NCBI IgBLAST and aCDR3-motif algorithm, paired by α and β chains, and compiled into a TCRrepertoire.

FIG. 17 shows the evaluation of the expression of mutantanti-HIV-Nef-Rm9 TCRs and their binding affinity to pMHC, where thesemutant TCRs include a leader peptide different from the originalwild-type anti-HIV-Nef-Rm9 leader peptide. These non-native leaderpeptides all have silent DNA mutation sequences in order to includerestriction enzyme cutting sites (The original and non-silent mutantleader peptide DNA sequences and the introduced restriction cuttingsites are summarized in Tables 7-8).

FIG. 18 shows the evaluation of the expression of mutantanti-HIV-Nef-Rm9 TCRs and their binding affinity to pMHC. These mutantTCRs include one non-silent or one silent mutation at the TCR constantregion for incorporation of a restriction cutting site for TCR cloning(See all the silent mutations in Table 7 and non-silent mutations inTable 8).

FIG. 19(a) shows isolation of human effector T cells for tumor-specificT cell analysis of humanized mouse models and cancer patients. FIG.19(b) shows Vα:Vβ gene usage in 31,718 human CD8+ TCR clusters that wereisolated, RT-PCR amplified, analyzed via NGS.

FIG. 20 shows a lentiviral TCR cell display platform of the presenttechnology. TCRα:β genes separated by p2a were inserted into themultiple cloning site (MCS) of an IRES TCR expression vector.Co-transfection in HEK293T with packaging and envelope vectors generateslentiviral particles that transduce J.RT3/CD8 cell lines with TCR genes(which are expressed at the cell surface) and a mCherry reporter. Flowplot: J.RT3/CD8 with anti-B*0702 NEF TM9 TCR, stained with HIV NefB*0702 RM9, RPQVPLRPM (SEQ ID NO: 1).

FIG. 21(a) shows RKO tumor size in humanized mice treated with immunecheckpoint inhibitors. TCR screening will be performed to discover theantigen-specific TCRs targeting RKO cells. FIG. 21(b) shows thetreatment groups in a mouse colon cancer model that will be usedevaluate identified TCRs for antigen-specific immunotherapy.

FIG. 22 shows the workflow for testing and optimizing antigen-specificcancer immunotherapy in PDX mouse models. (Left) Patient tumors wereisolated and cultured as mouse xenografts, cryopreserved in LN2, andpropagated in culture. (Center) TCR genes were collected and screenedagainst PDX cells. (Right) Anti-tumor TCR genes were used as genetherapies in PDX models to test and optimize treatment efficacy.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have catalyzed tremendous progress incancer therapy, highlighting the critical role of immune cells,particularly CD8+ T cells, in controlling tumor growth. However, whilerecent progress in immune receptor sequencing has provided insightsregarding clonal rank-based features of adaptive immunity, the inabilityto sequence and functionally screen paired TCR alpha and beta chains hasprecluded the collection of broader functional data regarding tumorimmunosuppression and complicated the discovery and rapid therapeuticuse of anti-cancer T cell receptor genes for gene therapies (Bonter, K.et al., Regen. Med. 12, 623-636 (2017); Malherbe, L., Ann. Allergy.Asthma. Immunol. 103, 76-79 (2009); Ahmad, T. A. et al., Vaccine Rep. 6,13-22 (2016); Maus, M. V. et al., Annu. Rev. Immunol. 32, 189-225(2014); Yee, C. J. Transl. Med. 3, 17 (2005)). To date, cloning andfunctional analysis of tumor-specific T cells is practically limited tojust a few common peptide-MHC combinations per sample due torequirements for sorting primary, viable T cells (Malherbe, L., Ann.Allergy. Asthma. Immunol. 103, 76-79 (2009); Ahmad, T. A. et al.,Vaccine Rep. 6, 13-22 (2016); Sanchez-Trincado, J. L. et al., Journal ofImmunology Research (2017)). The low number of peptide-MHCs that can beeffectively screened is further complicated by the fact that repetitivescreening is necessary for neoantigen discovery because each tumorsample has its own unique landscape of somatic mutations (Martincorena,I. & Campbell, P. J. Science 349, 1483-1489 (2015); Tran, E. et al.,Science aad1253 (2015); Choudhury, N. J. et al., Eur. Urol. Focus 2,445-452 (2016)). Alternative methods such as T cell proliferation andELISPOT rely on live T cells, which are highly limited in many patientsamples, as well as having limitations in terms of cell growth rates,time required for application as cell-based therapies, specificity andmaintenance of appropriate T cell phenotype (Bonter, K. et al., Regen.Med. 12, 623-636 (2017); Maus, M. V. et al., Annu. Rev. Immunol. 32,189-225 (2014); Yee, C. J. Transl. Med. 3, 17 (2005); Redeker, A. &Arens, R., Front. Immunol. 7, (2016)).

The methods and compositions described herein directly address thesebottlenecks and provide the first comprehensive sequence- andfunction-based annotation of epitope-specific T cell responses inpatients, providing new molecular-scale technologies to guide thedevelopment of targeted cancer therapeutics. The compositions andmethods of the present technology are generally useful for rapidisolation of antigen-specific TCR repertoires that can be screened,modified, and used as personalized, targeted therapies for, e.g., cancerand viral infections. The targeted therapies described herein can bedeveloped and administered more rapidly (in as few as five days to twoweeks) than presently available cell-based therapies. In addition, thesetherapies comprise multiple, distinct TCRs that have a greaterlikelihood of avoiding immune escape, a mechanism wherein target cellscan evade immune detection by suppression of a targeted epitope orantigen.

Furthermore, specific embodiments of the methods and compositionsdescribed herein provide the following distinct advantages overpreviously described approaches to creating TCR libraries: (1) in someembodiments, described herein is a method wherein the TCR library can begrown as colonies in bacteria and numerous colonies can be selected,sequenced, and mixed together an re-delivered as a defined product; (2)in some embodiments, described herein is a separation andcharacterization step that minimizes the likelihood of PCR errorvariants which may be included in the final drug product, therebyreducing the risk that the final therapeutic cell composition containsuncharacterizable and potentially very dangerous variants which mayinduce side effects; (3) in some embodiments, described herein is theinclusion of a suicide switch to reduce the risk of harm to the patientin the event of complications and off-target effects; (4) in someembodiments, the cells are pre-stimulated prior to administration toachieve or enhance the desired TCR function in vivo; (5) in someembodiments, the methods include the ability co-express transcriptionfactors in the cells to influence T cell development into a potentanti-cancer phenotype; (6) in some embodiments, the in vitro activationtechniques may be modified as needed depending on the patient's specificresponse to therapy administration; and (7) in some embodiments, thedisclosed methods can be used to provide repeated doses of cell therapyto the patient if the disease condition persists or recurs.

It is to be appreciated that certain aspects, modes, embodiments,variations and features of the present methods are described below invarious levels of detail in order to provide a substantial understandingof the present technology.

In practicing the present methods, many conventional techniques inmolecular biology, protein biochemistry, cell biology, immunology,microbiology and recombinant DNA are used. See, e.g., Sambrook andRussell eds. (2001) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 3rd edition;the series Ausubel et al. eds. (2007) Current Protocols in MolecularBiology; the series Methods in Enzymology (Academic Press, Inc., N.Y.);MacPherson et al. (1991) PCR 1: A Practical Approach (IRL Press atOxford University Press); MacPherson et al. (1995) PCR 2: A PracticalApproach; Harlow and Lane eds. (1999) Antibodies, A Laboratory Manual;Freshney (2005) Culture of Animal Cells: A Manual of Basic Technique,5th edition; Gait ed. (1984) Oligonucleotide Synthesis; U.S. Pat. No.4,683,195; Hames and Higgins eds. (1984) Nucleic Acid Hybridization;Anderson (1999) Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Hames and Higgins eds.(1984) Transcription and Translation; Immobilized Cells and Enzymes (IRLPress (1986)); Perbal (1984) A Practical Guide to Molecular Cloning;Miller and Calos eds. (1987) Gene Transfer Vectors for Mammalian Cells(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory); Makrides ed. (2003) Gene Transfer andExpression in Mammalian Cells; Mayer and Walker eds. (1987)Immunochemical Methods in Cell and Molecular Biology (Academic Press,London); and Herzenberg et al. eds (1996) Weir's Handbook ofExperimental Immunology. Methods to detect and measure levels ofpolypeptide gene expression products (i.e., gene translation level) arewell-known in the art and include the use of polypeptide detectionmethods such as antibody detection and quantification techniques. (Seealso, Strachan & Read, Human Molecular Genetics, Second Edition. (JohnWiley and Sons, Inc., NY, 1999)).

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used hereingenerally have the same meaning as commonly understood by one ofordinary skill in the art to which this technology belongs. As used inthis specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an”and “the” include plural referents unless the content clearly dictatesotherwise. For example, reference to “a cell” includes a combination oftwo or more cells, and the like. Generally, the nomenclature used hereinand the laboratory procedures in cell culture, molecular genetics,organic chemistry, analytical chemistry and nucleic acid chemistry andhybridization described below are those well-known and commonly employedin the art. All references cited herein are incorporated herein byreference in their entireties and for all purposes to the same extent asif each individual publication, patent, or patent application wasspecifically and individually incorporated by reference in its entiretyfor all purposes.

As used herein, the term “about” in reference to a number is generallytaken to include numbers that fall within a range of 1%, 5%, or 10% ineither direction (greater than or less than) of the number unlessotherwise stated or otherwise evident from the context (except wheresuch number would be less than 0% or exceed 100% of a possible value).

As used herein, the “administration” of an agent or drug to a subjectincludes any route of introducing or delivering to a subject a compoundto perform its intended function. Administration can be carried out byany suitable route, including orally, intranasally, parenterally(intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, or subcutaneously),rectally, or topically. Administration includes self-administration andthe administration by another.

An “adjuvant” refers to one or more substances that cause stimulation ofthe immune system. In this context, an adjuvant is used to enhance animmune response to one or more vaccine antigens or antibodies. Anadjuvant may be administered to a subject before, in combination with,or after administration of the vaccine. Examples of chemical compoundsused as adjuvants include aluminum compounds, oils, block polymers,immune stimulating complexes, vitamins and minerals (e.g., vitamin E,vitamin A, selenium, and vitamin B12), Quil A (saponins), bacterial andfungal cell wall components (e.g., lipopolysaccarides, lipoproteins, andglycoproteins), hormones, cytokines, and co-stimulatory factors.

As used herein, the term “antibody” collectively refers toimmunoglobulins or immunoglobulin-like molecules including by way ofexample and without limitation, IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG and IgM, combinationsthereof, and similar molecules produced during an immune response in anyvertebrate, for example, in mammals such as humans, goats, rabbits andmice, as well as non-mammalian species, such as shark immunoglobulins.The term “antibody” includes intact immunoglobulins and “antibodyfragments” or “antigen binding fragments” that specifically bind to amolecule of interest (or a group of highly similar molecules ofinterest) to the substantial exclusion of binding to other molecules(for example, antibodies and antibody fragments that have a bindingconstant for the molecule of interest that is at least 103 M⁻¹ greater,at least 10⁴ M⁻¹ greater or at least 10⁵ M⁻¹ greater than a bindingconstant for other molecules in a biological sample). The term“antibody” also includes genetically engineered forms such as chimericantibodies (for example, humanized murine antibodies), heteroconjugateantibodies (such as, bispecific antibodies). See also, Pierce Catalogand Handbook, 1994-1995 (Pierce Chemical Co., Rockford, Ill.); Kuby, J.,Immunology, 3^(rd) Ed., W.H. Freeman & Co., New York, 1997.

More particularly, antibody refers to a polypeptide ligand comprising atleast a light chain immunoglobulin variable region or heavy chainimmunoglobulin variable region, which specifically recognizes and bindsan epitope of an antigen. Antibodies are composed of a heavy and a lightchain, each of which has a variable region, termed the variable heavy(V_(H)) region and the variable light (V_(L)) region. Together, theV_(H) region and the V_(L) region are responsible for binding theantigen recognized by the antibody. Typically, an immunoglobulin hasheavy (H) chains and light (L) chains interconnected by disulfide bonds.There are two types of light chain, lambda (λ) and kappa (κ). There arefive main heavy chain classes (or isotypes), which determine thefunctional activity of an antibody molecule: IgM, IgD, IgG, IgA and IgE.Each heavy and light chain contains a constant region and a variableregion, (the regions are also known as “domains”). In combination, theheavy and the light chain variable regions specifically bind theantigen. Light and heavy chain variable regions contain a “framework”region interrupted by three hypervariable regions, also called“complementarity-determining regions” or “CDRs”. The extent of theframework region and CDRs have been defined (see, Kabat et al.,Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services, 1991, which is hereby incorporated byreference). The Kabat database is now maintained online. The sequencesof the framework regions of different light or heavy chains arerelatively conserved within a species. The framework region of anantibody, that is the combined framework regions of the constituentlight and heavy chains, largely adopt a β-sheet conformation and theCDRs form loops which connect, and in some cases form part of, theβ-sheet structure. Thus, framework regions act to form a scaffold thatprovides for positioning the CDRs in correct orientation by inter-chain,non-covalent interactions.

As used herein, “complementarity determining region” or “CDR” refers toa region of an antibody or TCR that is primarily responsible for bindingto an epitope of an antigen or an antigen:MHC complex. CDRs are alsoreferred to as hypervariable regions. The CDRs of each TCR or antibodychain are typically referred to as CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3, numberedsequentially starting from the N-terminus, and are also typicallyidentified by the chain in which the particular CDR is located.Antibodies and TCRs with different specificities (i.e. differentcombining sites for different antigens) have different CDRs. Only alimited number of amino acid positions within the CDRs are directlyinvolved in antigen binding. These positions within the CDRs are calledspecificity determining residues (SDRs).

As used herein, an “antigen” refers to a molecule to which an antibodycan selectively bind. The target antigen may be a protein (e.g., anantigenic peptide), carbohydrate, nucleic acid, lipid, hapten, or othernaturally occurring or synthetic compound. The target antigen may be apolypeptide or peptide mimic. An antigen may also be administered to ananimal to generate an immune response in the animal. In someembodiments, the antigen comprises one or more epitopes. In someembodiments, the antigen or an epitope derived from the antigen, can beloaded into an MHC class I or MHC class II complex.

As used herein, the term “autologous,” in reference to cells refers tocells that are isolated and administered back into the same subject(e.g., recipient, donor, or host). “Allogeneic” refers to non-autologouscells.

As used herein, “binding affinity” refers to the strength of the totalnoncovalent interactions between a single binding site of a molecule(e.g., an antibody) and its binding partner (e.g., an antigen orantigenic peptide). The affinity of a molecule X for its partner Y cangenerally be represented by the dissociation constant (K_(d)). Affinitycan be measured by standard methods known in the art, including thosedescribed herein. A low-affinity complex contains an antibody thatgenerally tends to dissociate readily from the antigen, whereas ahigh-affinity complex contains an antibody that generally tends toremain bound to the antigen for a longer duration.

As used herein, the term “B cell,” refers to a type of lymphocyte in thehumoral immunity of the adaptive immune system. B cells principallyfunction to make antibodies, serve as antigen presenting cells, releasecytokines, and develop memory B cells after activation by antigeninteraction. B cells are distinguished from other lymphocytes, such as Tcells, by the presence of a B-cell receptor on the cell surface. B cellsmay either be isolated or obtained from a commercially available source.Non-limiting examples of commercially available B cell lines includelines AHH-1 (ATCC® CRL-8146™), BC-1 (ATCC® CRL-2230™), BC-2 (ATCC®CRL-2231™), BC-3 (ATCC® CRL-2277™), CA46 (ATCC® CRL-1648™), DG-75[D.G.-75] (ATCC® CRL-2625™), DS-1 (ATCC® CRL-11102™) EB-3 [EB3] (ATCC®CCL-85™), Z-138 (ATCC #CRL-3001), DB (ATCC CRL-2289), Toledo (ATCCCRL-2631), Pfiffer (ATCC CRL-2632), SR (ATCC CRL-2262), JM-1 (ATCCCRL-10421), NFS-5 C-1 (ATCC CRL-1693); NFS-70 C10 (ATCC CRL-1694),NFS-25 C-3 (ATCC CRL-1695), AND SUP-B15 (ATCC CRL-1929). Furtherexamples include but are not limited to cell lines derived fromanaplastic and large cell lymphomas, e.g., DEL, DL-40, FE-PD, JB6,Karpas 299, Ki-JK, Mac-2A Ply1, SR-786, SU-DHL-1, -2, -4, -5, -6, -7,-8, -9, -10, and -16, DOHH-2, NU-DHL-1, U-937, Granda 519, USC-DHL-1,RL; Hodgkin's lymphomas, e.g., DEV, HD-70, HDLM-2, HD-MyZ, HKB-1, KM-H2,L 428, L 540, L1236, SBH-1, SUP-HD1, SU/RH-HD-1. Non-limiting exemplarysources for such commercially available cell lines include the AmericanType Culture Collection, or ATCC, (www.atcc.org/) and the GermanCollection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (https.//www.dsmz.de/).

As used herein, the term “cognate” refers to a relationship signifyingcorrespondence between two molecules (e.g., between a receptor and itsligand). In the context of a TCR, a “cognate pair” refers to therelationship of two distinct TCR polypeptides or polynucleotidesencoding polypeptides derived from a single T cell (e.g., a TCR alphachain and a TCR beta chain derived from a single T cell). “Cognate” mayalso refer the relationship between a TCR and the correspondingantigen:MHC complex to which it specifically binds.

As used herein, the term “CRISPR” refers to a technique of sequencespecific genetic manipulation relying on the clustered regularlyinterspaced short palindromic repeats pathway (CRISPR). CRISPR can beused to perform gene editing and/or gene regulation, as well as tosimply target proteins to a specific genomic location. Gene editingrefers to a type of genetic engineering in which the nucleotide sequenceof a target polynucleotide is changed through introduction of deletions,insertions, or base substitutions to the polynucleotide sequence. Insome aspects, CRISPR-mediated gene editing utilizes the pathways ofnonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) or homologous recombination to performthe edits.

Gene regulation refers to increasing or decreasing the production ofspecific gene products such as protein or RNA.

The term “guide RNA” or “gRNA” as used herein refers to the guide RNAsequences used to target the CRISPR complex to a specific nucleotidesequence such as a specific region of a cell's genome. Techniques ofdesigning gRNAs and donor therapeutic polynucleotides for targetspecificity are well known in the art. For example, Doench, J., et al.Nature biotechnology 2014; 32(12):1262-7, Mohr, S. et al. (2016) FEBSJournal 283: 3232-38, and Graham, D., et al. Genome Biol. 2015; 16: 260.gRNA comprises or alternatively consists essentially of, or yet furtherconsists of a fusion polynucleotide comprising CRISPR RNA (crRNA) andtrans-activating CRIPSPR RNA (tracrRNA); or a polynucleotide comprisingCRISPR RNA (crRNA) and trans-activating CRIPSPR RNA (tracrRNA). In someaspects, a gRNA is synthetic (Kelley, M. et al. (2016) J ofBiotechnology 233 (2016) 74-83).

As used herein, the term “detectable marker” refers to at least onemarker capable of directly or indirectly, producing a detectable signal.A non-exhaustive list of exemplary markers includes enzymes whichproduce a detectable signal, for example by colorimetry, fluorescence,luminescence, such as horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase,β-galactosidase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, chromophores such asfluorescent, luminescent dyes, groups with electron density detected byelectron microscopy or by their electrical property such asconductivity, amperometry, voltammetry, impedance, detectable groups,for example whose molecules are of sufficient size to induce detectablemodifications in their physical and/or chemical properties, suchdetection may be accomplished by optical methods such as diffraction,surface plasmon resonance, surface variation, the contact angle changeor physical methods such as atomic force spectroscopy, tunnel effect, orradioactive molecules such as ³²P, ³⁵S, or ¹²⁵I.

As used herein, the term “purification marker” refers to at least onemarker useful for purification or identification. A non-exhaustive listof this marker includes His, lacZ, GST, maltose-binding protein, NusA,BCCP, c-myc, CaM, FLAG, GFP, YFP, cherry, thioredoxin, poly(NANP), V5,Snap, HA, chitin-binding protein, Softag 1, Softag 3, Strep, orS-protein. Suitable direct or indirect fluorescence marker compriseFLAG, GFP, YFP, RFP, dTomato, cherry, Cy3, Cy 5, Cy 5.5, Cy 7, DNP,AMCA, Biotin, Digoxigenin, Tamra, Texas Red, rhodamine, Alexa fluors,FITC, TRITC or any other fluorescent dye or hapten.

As used herein, the term “effective amount” or “therapeuticallyeffective amount” of a composition, is a quantity sufficient to achievea desired therapeutic effect, e.g., an amount which results in thedecrease in the symptoms associated with a disease that is beingtreated, e.g., the diseases or medical conditions associated with canceror viral infection. The amount of a composition of the presenttechnology administered to the subject will depend on the type andseverity of the disease and on the characteristics of the individual,such as general health, age, sex, body weight and tolerance to drugs. Itwill also depend on the degree, severity and type of disease. Theskilled artisan will be able to determine appropriate dosages dependingon these and other factors. The compositions of the present technologycan also be administered in combination with one or more additionaltherapeutic compounds. In some embodiments, effective amount refers tothe quantity of cells of the present technology that is partially orfully effective in neutralizing the cancer or viral infection.

As used herein, the term “epitope” means a protein determinant capableof specific binding to an antibody or TCR. Epitopes usually consist ofchemically active surface groupings of molecules such as amino acids orsugar side chains and usually have specific three dimensional structuralcharacteristics, as well as specific charge characteristics.Conformational and nonconformational epitopes are distinguished in thatthe binding to the former but not the latter is lost in the presence ofdenaturing solvents.

As used herein, “expression” includes one or more of the following:transcription of the gene into precursor mRNA; splicing and otherprocessing of the precursor mRNA to produce mature mRNA; mRNA stability;translation of the mature mRNA into protein (including codon usage andtRNA availability); and glycosylation and/or other modifications of thetranslation product, if required for proper expression and function.

As used herein, “elevated expression” refers to an increase in geneexpression or protein expression, as compared to a control or areference sample (e.g., an increase of at least 2-fold, from about2-fold to about 150-fold, from 5-fold to 150-fold, from 5-fold to100-fold, from 10-fold to 150-fold, from 10-fold to 100-fold, from50-fold to 150-fold, from 50-fold to 100-fold, from 75-fold to 150-fold,or from 75-fold to 100-fold, as compared to a control or a normalreference sample). By “decreased expression” refers to an overallreduction in gene expression or protein expression, as compared to acontrol or a reference sample (e.g., 20% or greater, of 50% or greater,or of 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, or greater. An increase or decrease ingene expression or protein expression can be determined using any usefulmethods known in the art or described herein (e.g., ELISA). Fortherapeutic applications, to “decrease” can refer to the reduction inthe level of polypeptides or proteins associated with the disorder(e.g., a tauopathy, TBI, or stroke). For diagnostic or monitoringapplications, to “decrease” can refer to a decrease in the level ofprotein or nucleic acid detected by the diagnostic or monitoring assays.

As used herein, the term “gene” means a segment of DNA that contains allthe information for the regulated biosynthesis of an RNA product,including promoters, exons, introns, and other untranslated regions thatcontrol expression.

As used herein, the term “humanized” forms of non-human proteins (e.g.,murine TCRs) are chimeric proteins which contain minimal sequencederived from non-human homologs of the protein. For the most part,humanized proteins are human TCRs in which variable region residues ofthe recipient are replaced by variable region residues from a non-humanspecies (donor TCR) such as mouse, rat, rabbit or nonhuman primatehaving the desired specificity, affinity, and capacity.

As used herein, the terms “identical” or percent “identity”, when usedin the context of two or more nucleic acids or polypeptide sequences,refer to two or more sequences or subsequences that are the same or havea specified percentage of amino acid residues or nucleotides that arethe same (i.e., about 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or higher identity over a specified region(e.g., nucleotide sequence encoding an antibody described herein oramino acid sequence of an antibody described herein), when compared andaligned for maximum correspondence over a comparison window ordesignated region) as measured using a BLAST or BLAST 2.0 sequencecomparison algorithms with default parameters described below, or bymanual alignment and visual inspection, e.g., NCBI web site). Suchsequences are then said to be “substantially identical.” This term alsorefers to, or can be applied to, the complement of a test sequence. Theterm also includes sequences that have deletions and/or additions, aswell as those that have substitutions. In some embodiments, identityexists over a region that is at least about 25 amino acids ornucleotides in length, or 50-100 amino acids or nucleotides in length.

A “Kozak consensus sequence” or “Kozak sequence” is an mRNA sequencethat is recognized by a ribosome as a translation start site. A Kozaksequence comprises a start codon (also known as an initiation codon) forinitiation of translation and additional flanking nucleotides. The startcodon specifies a methionine amino acid at the N-terminus of atranslated polypeptide. The Kozak consensus sequence for vertebrates isknown in the art (e.g. Kozak, M. 1987 Nucleic Acids Res. 15(20):8125-48). In some embodiments, Kozak sequences can be modified to be“strong”, meaning that the nucleotide sequence closely matches theconsensus sequence, particularly at nucleotides +4 and −3 relative tothe number one nucleotide. An “adequate” Kozak sequence has just one ofthese matching nucleotides while a “weak” Kozak sequence has neithermatching nucleotide. The strength of a Kozak sequence directlycorrelates with the amount of polypeptides translated from an expressedmRNA. In general, strong Kozak sequences result in greater efficiency oftranslation of an expressed mRNA while fewer polypeptides aretranscribed from mRNAs with weak Kozak sequences.

As used herein, “major histocompatibility complex” or “MHC” refers to acell surface protein that presents antigens to T cells. Class I MIICmolecules are recognized by CD8+ T cells. Class II MHC molecules arerecognized by CD4+ T cells. An MHC molecule loaded with an antigen orepitope thereof is referred to as an antigen:MHC complex.

As used herein, the term “NK cell,” also known as natural killer cell,refers to a type of lymphocyte that originates in the bone marrow andplay a critical role in the innate immune system. NK cells provide rapidimmune responses against viral-infected cells, tumor cells or otherstressed cell, even in the absence of antibodies and majorhistocompatibility complex on the cell surfaces. NK cells may either beisolated or obtained from a commercially available source. Non-limitingexamples of commercial NK cell lines include lines NK-92 (ATCC®CRL-2407™), NK-92MI (ATCC® CRL-2408™). Further examples include but arenot limited to NK lines HANK1, KHYG-1, NKL, NK-YS, NOI-90, and YT.Non-limiting exemplary sources for such commercially available celllines include the American Type Culture Collection, or ATCC,(http://www.atcc.org/) and the German Collection of Microorganisms andCell Cultures (https://www.dsmz.de/).

As used herein, the term “operably linked” refers to two or morepolynucleotides that are joined as part of the same nucleic acidmolecule. In some embodiments, the joined polynucleotides are suitablypositioned and oriented for transcription to be initiated from the sameexpression control element. In some embodiments, transcription of apolynucleotide operably linked to an expression control element (e.g., apromoter) is controlled, regulated, or influenced by the expressioncontrol element.

As used herein, the term “pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier” isintended to include any and all solvents, dispersion media, coatings,antibacterial and antifungal compounds, isotonic and absorption delayingcompounds, and the like, compatible with pharmaceutical administration.Pharmaceutically-acceptable carriers and their formulations are known toone skilled in the art and are described, for example, in Remington'sPharmaceutical Sciences (20^(th) edition, ed. A. Gennaro, 2000,Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pa.).

As used herein, the term “polynucleotide” or “nucleic acid” means anyRNA or DNA, which may be unmodified or modified RNA or DNA.Polynucleotides include, without limitation, single- and double-strandedDNA, DNA that is a mixture of single- and double-stranded regions,single- and double-stranded RNA, RNA that is mixture of single- anddouble-stranded regions, and hybrid molecules comprising DNA and RNAthat may be single-stranded or, more typically, double-stranded or amixture of single- and double-stranded regions. In addition,polynucleotide refers to triple-stranded regions comprising RNA or DNAor both RNA and DNA. The term polynucleotide also includes DNAs or RNAscontaining one or more modified bases and DNAs or RNAs with backbonesmodified for stability or for other reasons.

As used herein, the terms “polypeptide”, “peptide” and “protein” areused interchangeably herein to mean a polymer comprising two or moreamino acids joined to each other by peptide bonds or modified peptidebonds, i.e., peptide isosteres. Polypeptide refers to both short chains,commonly referred to as peptides, glycopeptides or oligomers, and tolonger chains, generally referred to as proteins. Polypeptides maycontain amino acids other than the 20 gene-encoded amino acids.Polypeptides include amino acid sequences modified either by naturalprocesses, such as post-translational processing, or by chemicalmodification techniques that are well known in the art. Suchmodifications are well described in basic texts and in more detailedmonographs, as well as in a voluminous research literature.

A polypeptide, peptide, polynucleotide, or cell may be said to be“isolated” or “substantially pure” when physical, mechanical, orchemical methods have been employed to remove the polypeptide, peptide,polynucleotide, or cell from other cells or cellular constituents. Anisolated polypeptide, peptide, polynucleotide, or cell (e.g., anisolated cell), “substantially pure” or “substantially pure andisolated” polypeptide, peptide, polynucleotide, or cell is typicallyconsidered removed from cellular constituents and substantially purewhen it is at least 60% by weight free from the proteins and naturallyoccurring organic molecules with which it is naturally associated. Thepolypeptide may be at least 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, or 99% by weightpure. A substantially pure polypeptide, peptide, polynucleotide, or cell(e.g., a substantially pure antibody or fragment thereof) may beobtained by standard techniques, for example, by expression of arecombinant nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide, or by chemicallysynthesizing the polypeptide. Purity can be measured by any appropriatemethod, e.g., by column chromatography, polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis, or HPLC analysis.

As used herein, the term “recombinant” when used with reference, e.g.,to a cell, or nucleic acid, protein, or vector, indicates that the cell,nucleic acid, protein or vector, has been modified by the introductionof a heterologous nucleic acid or protein or the alteration of a nativenucleic acid or protein, or that the material is derived from a cell somodified. Thus, for example, recombinant cells express genes that arenot found within the native (non-recombinant) form of the cell orexpress native genes that are otherwise abnormally expressed, underexpressed or not expressed at all.

As used herein, the term “separate” therapeutic use refers to anadministration of at least two active ingredients at the same time or atsubstantially the same time by different routes.

As used herein, the term “repeat” therapeutic use refers toadministration of active ingredients at different times, theadministration route being identical or different. More particularly,sequential use refers to the whole administration of an activeingredient before a second administration of the same or differentactive ingredient commences. It is thus possible to administer one ofthe active ingredients over several minutes, hours, days, months, oryears before a second administration.

As used herein, the terms “subject”, “individual” and “patient” are usedinterchangeably and refer to a human or non-human animal, e.g., domesticanimals (e.g., dogs, cats and the like), farm animals (e.g., cows,sheep, pigs, horses and the like), wild animals, (bats, raccoons, foxes,skunks, squirrels, chipmunks, mice, rabbits, and the like), andlaboratory animals (e.g., monkey, rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs andthe like). In some embodiments, the subject is a mammal. In particularembodiments, the subject is a human.

As used herein, the term “switch” refers to a mechanism by which theexpression, activation, or stability of a recombinant TCR or a componentof a recombinant TCR is controlled (i.e. a mechanism to turn TCRs “on”or “off”). Switch mechanisms include but are not limited to TCRexpression systems that require co-expression of more than one constructto be activated, suicide switches, safety switches, and TCRs thatrequire multimerization for activation. In some embodiments, a switch isinducible.

As used herein, the term “T cell,” refers to a type of lymphocyte thatmatures in the thymus. T cells play an important role in cell-mediatedimmunity and are distinguished from other lymphocytes, such as B cells,by the presence of a T-cell receptor on the cell surface. T-cells mayeither be isolated or obtained from a commercially available source. “Tcell” includes all types of immune cells expressing CD3 includingT-helper cells (CD4+ cells), cytotoxic T-cells (CD8+ cells), naturalkiller T-cells, T-regulatory cells (Treg) and gamma-delta T cells. A“cytotoxic cell” includes CD8+ T cells, natural-killer (NK) cells, andneutrophils, which cells are capable of mediating cytotoxicityresponses. Non-limiting examples of commercially available T-cell linesinclude lines BCL2 (AAA) Jurkat (ATCC® CRL-2902™), BCL2 (S70A) Jurkat(ATCC® CRL-2900™), BCL2 (S87A) Jurkat (ATCC® CRL-2901™), BCL2 Jurkat(ATCC® CRL-2899™), Neo Jurkat (ATCC® CRL-2898™) TALL-104 cytotoxic humanT cell line (ATCC #CRL-11386). Further examples include but are notlimited to mature T-cell lines, e.g., such as Deglis, EBT-8, HPB-MLp-W,HUT 78, HUT 102, Karpas 384, Ki 225, My-La, Se-Ax, SKW-3, SMZ-1 and T34;and immature T-cell lines, e.g., ALL-SIL, Be13, CCRF-CEM, CML-T1,DND-41, DU.528, EU-9, HD-Mar, HPB-ALL, H-SB2, HT-1, JK-T1, Jurkat,Karpas 45, KE-37, KOPT-K1, K-T1, L-KAW, Loucy, MAT, MOLT-1, MOLT 3,MOLT-4, MOLT 13, MOLT-16, MT-1, MT-ALL, P12/Ichikawa, Peer, PER0117,PER-255, PF-382, PFI-285, RPMI-8402, ST-4, SUP-T1 to T14, TALL-1,TALL-101, TALL-103/2, TALL-104, TALL-105, TALL-106, TALL-107, TALL-197,TK-6, TLBR-1, -2, -3, and -4, CCRF-HSB-2 (CCL-120.1), J.RT3-T3.5 (ATCCTIB-153), J45.01 (ATCC CRL-1990), J.CaM1.6 (ATCC CRL-2063), RS4; 11(ATCC CRL-1873), CCRF-CEM (ATCC CRM-CCL-119); and cutaneous T-celllymphoma lines, e.g., HuT78 (ATCC CRM-TIB-161), MJ[G11] (ATCC CRL-8294),HuT102 (ATCC TIB-162). Null leukemia cell lines, including but notlimited to REH, NALL-1, KM-3, L92-221, are a another commerciallyavailable source of immune cells, as are cell lines derived from otherleukemias and lymphomas, such as K562 erythroleukemia, THP-1 monocyticleukemia, U937 lymphoma, HEL erythroleukemia, HL60 leukemia, HMC-1leukemia, KG-1 leukemia, U266 myeloma. Non-limiting exemplary sourcesfor such commercially available cell lines include the American TypeCulture Collection, or ATCC, (http://www.atcc.org/) and the GermanCollection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (https://www.dsmz.de/).

As used herein, the term “T cell receptor” or “TCR” refers to aheterodimeric cell surface protein of the immunoglobulin super-familywhich is associated with invariant proteins of the CD3 complex involvedin mediating signal transduction. The TCR is composed of two cognateprotein chains: an alpha (α) chain and a beta (β) chain (encoded by TRA(Entrez gene: 6955) and the TRB gene (Entrez gene: 6957), respectively),or a gamma (γ) chain and a delta (δ) chain (encoded by TRG (Entrez gene:6965) and TRD gene (Entrez gene: 6964), respectively). Each chain iscomposed of two extracellular domains: a variable (V) region and aconstant (C) region. The constant region is proximal to the cellmembrane, followed by a transmembrane region and a short cytoplasmictail, while the variable region binds to the antigen:MHC complex. Thevariable domain of both the TCR α-chain and β-chain each have threehypervariable or complementarity determining regions (CDRs). There isalso an additional area of hypervariability on the β-chain (HV4) thatdoes not normally contact antigen and, therefore, is not considered aCDR. CDR3 is the main CDR responsible for recognizing processed antigen,although CDR1 of the alpha chain has also been shown to interact withthe N-terminal part of the antigenic peptide, whereas CDR1 of theβ-chain interacts with the C-terminal part of the peptide. CDR2 isthought to recognize the MHC. CDR4 of the β-chain is not thought toparticipate in antigen recognition, but has been shown to interact withsuperantigens. The constant domain of the TCR consists of shortconnecting sequences in which a cysteine residue forms disulfide bonds,which form a link between the two chains.

The diverse repertoire of TCRs in a subject is accomplished by V(D)Jrecombination, a somatic recombination mechanism that rearrangesvariable (V), joining (J), and diversity (D) gene segments. In humans,the TRA gene locus comprises 54 TRAV (V) segments, 61 TRAJ (J) segments,and a unique constant TRAC (C) segment. The TRB gene locus comprises64-67 TRBV (V) segments, 2 TRBD (D) segments, 14 TRBJ (J) segments, and2 TRBC (C) segments. The TRG gene locus comprises 12-15 TRGV (V)segments, 5 TRGJ (J) segments, and 2 TRGC (C) segments. The TRD genelocus is embedded in the TRA gene locus and contains 8 TRDV or TRAV/DV(V) segments, 3 TRDD (D) segments, 4 TRDJ (J) segments, and one TRDC (C)segment. Non-limiting examples of TCR amino acid sequences are known inthe art and provided herein.

Human TCR (α) Chain TRAC Segment:

(SEQ ID NO: 2) PNIQNPDPAVYQLRDSKSSDKSVCLFTDFDSQTNVSQSKDSDVYITDKTVLDMRSMDFKSNSAVAWSNKSDFACANAFNNSIIPEDTFFPSPESSCDVKLVEKSFETDTNLNFQNLSVIGFRILLLKVAGFNLLMTLRLWSS

Human TCR (β) Chain TRBC1 Segment:

(SEQ ID NO: 3) EDLNKVFPPEVAVFEPSEAEISHTQKATLVCLATGFFPDHVELSWWVNGKEVHSGVSTDPQPLKEQPALNDSRYCLSSRLRVSATFWQNPRNHFRCQVQFYGLSENDEWTQDRAKPVTQIVSAEAWGRADCGFTSVSYQQGVLSATILYEILLGKATLYAVLVSALVLMAMVKRKDF

Human TCR (β) Chain TRBC2 Segment:

(SEQ ID NO: 4) DLKNVFPPEVAVFEPSEAEISHTQKATLVCLATGFYPDHVELSWWVNGKEVHSGVSTDPQPLKEQPALNDSRYCLSSRLRVSATFWQNPRNHFRCQVQFYGLSENDEWTQDRAKPVTQIVSAEAWGRADCGFTSESYQQGVLSATILYEILLGKATLYAVLVSALVLMAMVKRKDSRG

Human TCR (γ) Chain TRGC1 Segment:

(SEQ ID NO: 5) DKQLDADVSPKPTIFLPSIAETKLQKAGTYLCLLEKFFPDVIKIHWQEKKSNTILGSQEGNTMKTNDTYMKFSWLTVPEKSLDKEHRCIVRHENNKNGVDQEIIFPPIKTDVITMDPKDNCSKDANDTLLLQLTNTSAYYMYLLLLLKSVVYFAIITCCLLRRTAFCCNGEKS

Human TCR (γ) Chain TRGC2 Segment:

(SEQ ID NO: 6) DKQLDADVSPKPTIFLPSIAETKLQKAGTYLCLLEKFFPDIIKIHWQEKKSNTILGSQEGNTMKTNDTYMKFSWLTYPEESLDKEHRCIVRHENNKNGIDQETIFPPIKTDVTTVDPKDSYSKDANDVITMDPKDNWSKDANDTLLLQLTNTSAYYMYLLLLLKSVVYFAIITCCLLGRTAFCCNGEKS

Human TCR (δ) Chain TRDC Segment:

(SEQ ID NO: 7) SQPHTKPSVFVMKNGTNVACLVKEFYPKDIRINLVSSKKITEFDPAIVISPSGKYNAVKLGKYEDSNSVTCSVQHDNKTVHSTDFEVKTDSTDHVKPKETENTKQPSKSCHKPKAIVHTEKVNMMSLTVLGLRMLFAKTVAVNFLLT AKLFFL

As used herein, the term “therapeutic agent” is intended to mean anucleic acid, recombinant TCR, vector, cell, or population of cellsthat, when present in an effective amount, produces a desiredtherapeutic effect on a subject in need thereof.

Amino acid sequence modification(s) of the TCRs described herein arecontemplated. For example, it may be desirable to improve the bindingaffinity and/or other biological properties of the TCR. Amino acidsequence variants of an TCR are prepared by introducing appropriatenucleotide changes into the TCR nucleic acid, or by peptide synthesis.Such modifications include, for example, deletions from, and/orinsertions into and/or substitutions of, residues within the amino acidsequences of the TCR. Any combination of deletion, insertion, andsubstitution is made to obtain the TCR of interest, as long as theobtained TCR possesses the desired properties. The modification alsoincludes the change of the pattern of glycosylation of the protein. Thesites of greatest interest for substitutional mutagenesis include thehypervariable regions, but FR alterations are also contemplated.“Conservative substitutions” are shown in the Table below.

TABLE 1 Amino Acid Substitutions Conservative Original Residue ExemplarySubstitutions Substitutions Ala (A) val; leu; ile val Arg (R) lys; gln;asn lys Asn (N) gln; his; asp, lys; arg gln Asp (D) glu; asn glu Cys (C)ser; ala ser Gln (Q) asn; glu asn Glu (E) asp; gln asp Gly (G) ala alaHis (H) asn; gln; lys; arg arg Ile (I) leu; val; met; ala; phe; leunorleucine Leu (L) norleucine; ile; val; met; ala; ile phe Lys (K) arg;gln; asn arg Met (M) leu; phe; ile leu Phe (F) leu; val; ile; ala; tyrtyr Pro (P) ala ala Ser (S) thr thr Thr (T) ser ser Trp (W) tyr; phe tyrTyr (Y) trp; phe; thr; ser phe Val (V) ile; leu; met; phe; ala; leunorleucine

As used herein, “specifically binds” refers to a molecule (e.g., a TCR)which recognizes and binds another molecule (e.g., an antigen:MHCcomplex), but that does not substantially recognize and bind othermolecules. The terms “specific binding,” “specifically binds to,” or is“specific for” a particular molecule (e.g., a particular cell, antigen,epitope, or antigen:MHC complex), as used herein, can be exhibited, forexample, by a molecule having a K_(d) for the molecule to which it bindsto of at least about 10⁻⁴ M, 10⁻⁵ M, 10⁻⁶ M, 10⁻⁷ M, 10⁻⁸ M, 10⁻⁹ M,10⁻¹⁰ M, 10⁻¹¹ M, 10⁻¹² M, or greater. The term “specifically binds” mayalso refer to binding where a molecule (e.g., a TCR) binds to aparticular cell, antigen, epitope, or antigen:MHC complex withoutsubstantially binding to any other cell, antigen, epitope, orantigen:MHC complex. For example, the TCR may have, for example, atleast 10- to 100-fold greater affinity (e.g., 10¹-, 10²-, 10³-, 10⁴-,10⁵-, 10⁶-, 10⁷-, 10⁸-, 10⁹-, or 10¹⁰-fold greater affinity) to oneantigen:MHC complex than to another antigen:MHC complex.

As used herein, the term “vector” refers to a nucleic acid constructdeigned for transfer between different hosts, including but not limitedto a plasmid, a virus, a cosmid, a phage, a BAC, a YAC, etc. In someembodiments, plasmid vectors may be prepared from commercially availablevectors. In other embodiments, viral vectors may be produced frombaculoviruses, retroviruses, adenoviruses, AAVs, etc. according totechniques known in the art. In one embodiment, the viral vector is alentiviral vector.

The term “promoter” as used herein refers to any sequence that regulatesthe expression of a coding sequence, such as a gene. Promoters may beconstitutive, inducible, repressible, or tissue-specific, for example. A“promoter” is a control sequence that is a region of a polynucleotidesequence at which initiation and rate of transcription are controlled.It may contain genetic elements at which regulatory proteins andmolecules may bind such as RNA polymerase and other transcriptionfactors. Non-limiting examples of promoters include p2A, CMV, and E1α.

The term “transduce” or “transduction” as it is applied to theproduction of recombinant cells refers to the process whereby a foreignnucleotide sequence is introduced into a cell. In some embodiments, thistransduction is done via a vector.

“Treating” or “treatment” as used herein covers the treatment of adisease or disorder described herein, in a subject, such as a human, andincludes: (i) inhibiting a disease or disorder, i.e., arresting itsdevelopment; (ii) relieving a disease or disorder, i.e., causingregression of the disorder; (iii) slowing progression of the disorder;and/or (iv) inhibiting, relieving, or slowing progression of one or moresymptoms of the disease or disorder. By “treating cancer” it is meantthat the cancer or cancer cells are, e.g., alleviated, reduced, cured,or placed in a state of remission. By “treating a viral infection” it ismeant that the virus or viral load is, e.g., alleviated, reduced, cured,or placed in a state of remission

It is also to be appreciated that the various modes of treatment ofcancer and viral infections as described herein are intended to mean“substantial,” which includes total but also less than total treatment,and wherein some biologically or medically relevant result is achievedsuch as extended lifespan of the subject. The treatment may be acontinuous prolonged treatment to prevent recurrence, or few timeadministrations for acute treatment.

I. Compositions of the Present Technology

In one aspect, the present technology provides a recombinant T cellreceptor (TCR) library vector comprising: (a) a vector backbone; and (b)a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a secondpolynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA isolated from asingle lysed T cell that is present in a compartment. In someembodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is isolated using anmRNA capture reagent or reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). Additionallyor alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartment containing thecontents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwellwithin a 96-well plate) or a droplet. In some embodiments, the mRNA of asingle lysed T cell is isolated inside a compartment, without the use ofan mRNA capture reagent.

The term “vector” intends a recombinant vector that retains the abilityto infect and transduce non-dividing and/or slowly-dividing cells andintegrate into the target cell's genome. In some embodiments, the vectoris derived from or based on a wild-type virus. In further embodiments,the vector is derived from or based on a wild-type lentivirus,retrovirus, adenovirus, or adeno-associated virus. Examples of such,include without limitation, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), humanT-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), human T-lymphotropic virus type 2(HTLV-2), human adenovirus (HadV-1 to 57), adeno-associated virus (AAV),equine infectious anaemia virus (EIAV), simian immunodeficiency virus(SIV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and murine leukemia virus(MLV). It will be evident that a viral vector according to the presentdisclosure need not be confined to the components of a particular virus.The viral vector may comprise components derived from two or moredifferent viruses, and may also comprise synthetic components.

In certain embodiments of the vector, the vector backbone is selectedfrom a group consisting of a retroviral, a lentiviral, an adenoviral,and an adeno-associated viral vector backbone. The genome of the vectorbackbone comprises components from the virus from which it wasoriginally derived. For example, in some embodiments, a vector backbonecontains essential vector components compatible with the RNA genome,including reverse transcription and integration systems. In someembodiments, these include gag and pol proteins derived from aparticular retrovirus. In some embodiments, the structural components ofthe vector backbone have been altered genetically or otherwise so as toprovide desired useful properties. For example, the vector host rangeand target cell types can be altered by using different env genes in thevector production system to give the vector a different targetspecificity.

In a particular embodiment, the vector backbone is a lentiviral vectorbackbone, e.g., pLVX. Lentiviral vectors are based on or derived fromoncoretroviruses (the sub-group of retroviruses containing MLV) andlentiviruses (the sub-group of retroviruses containing HIV). Nonlimitingexamples include ASLV, SNV and RSV, all of which have been split intopackaging and vector components for lentiviral vector particleproduction systems. The lentiviral vector particle according to thepresent disclosure may be based on a genetically or otherwise (e.g., byspecific choice of packaging cell system) altered version of aparticular retrovirus.

Non-limiting, exemplary vector backbones are known in the art, e.g., seeU.S. Pat. Nos. 6,924,123; 7,056,699; 7,07,993; 7,419,829 and 7,442,551,incorporated herein by reference, and Invitrogen's pLenti seriesversions 4, 6, and 6.2 “ViraPower” system, pHIV-7-GFP, lab generated andused by the City of Hope Research Institute; “Lenti-X” lentiviralvector, pLVX, manufactured by Clontech; pLKO.1-puro, manufactured bySigma-Aldrich; pLemiR, manufactured by Open Biosystems; and pLV, labgenerated and used by Charite Medical School, Institute of Virology(CBF), Berlin, Germany.

Certain retroviral sequences facilitate integration into the target cellgenome (see, e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 6,924,123). Each retroviral genomecomprises genes called gag, pol and env which code for virion proteinsand enzymes. These genes are flanked at both ends by regions called longterminal repeats (LTRs). The LTRs are responsible for proviralintegration, and transcription. They also serve as enhancer-promotersequences capable of controlling the expression of the viral genes.Encapsidation of the retroviral genome occurs by virtue of a psisequence located at the 5′ end of the viral genome. The LTRs themselvesare identical sequences that can be divided into three elements, whichare called U3, R and U5. U3 is derived from the sequence unique to the3′ end of the RNA. R is derived from a sequence repeated at both ends ofthe RNA, and U5 is derived from the sequence unique to the 5′end of theRNA. The sizes of the three elements can vary considerably amongdifferent retroviruses. U3 contains most of the expression controlelements of the provirus, which include the promoter and multipleenhancer sequences responsive to cellular and in some cases, viraltranscriptional activator proteins.

With regard to the structural genes gag, pol and env themselves, gagencodes the internal structural protein of the virus. Gag protein isproteolytically processed into the mature proteins MA (matrix), CA(capsid) and NC (nucleocapsid). The pol gene encodes the reversetranscriptase (RT), which contains DNA polymerase, associated RNase Hand integrase (IN), which mediate replication of the genome.

Viral particles are produced by expressing the vector RNA genome from aDNA construct encoding it in a host cell. In some embodiments, thecomponents of the viral particles that are not encoded by the vectorbackbone are provided in trans by additional nucleic acid sequences (the“packaging system”, which usually includes either or both of the gag/poland env genes) expressed in the host cell. In some embodiments, the setof sequences required for the production of the viral vector particlesare introduced into the host cell by transient transfection, orintegrated into the host cell genome, or provided through use of apackaging cell line. The techniques involved are known to those skilledin the art.

In some embodiments, the method or process of derivation of the firstpolynucleotide and second polynucleotide results in structural featuresin the first polynucleotide and/or the second polynucleotide that aredistinct from other vectors and methods known in the art. For example,use of an mRNA capture reagent with the individual compartment for thelysed T cell allows for capture of a cognate pair of TCRpolynucleotides. Other non-limiting examples of structural featuresinclude restriction enzyme recognition sites, integrated primer sites,and sequences derived from the mRNA capture reagent.

In some embodiments of the vector, the mRNA capture reagent is selectedfrom the group consisting of a poly(dT) coated bead, anoligonucleotide-coated bead, a hydrogel bead, and a printed oligo on thesurface of a microarray well. For example, the mRNA capture agent can bea solid support, such as a bead, comprising immobilized oligonucleotidesor polymer networks such as dextran and agarose. In some embodiments,the bead is a silica bead or a magnetic bead. In some embodiments, themRNA capture agent comprises oligonucleotides which hybridize mRNA. Forexample, the oligonucleotides may comprise at least one poly(T) and/orprimers specific to a transcript of interest. In certain embodiments, abead of the mRNA capture reagent is smaller than the individual cellsthat being isolated (e.g., T cells). In some embodiments, sequesteringsingle T cells with an mRNA capture agent is performed prior to lysis ofthe T cell. In other embodiments, sequestering single T cells with themRNA capture agent is performed concurrently with T cell lysis. Thus, insome embodiments, single T cells and an mRNA capture agents are isolatedinto individual microvesicles in an emulsion in the presence of a celllysis solution.

In some embodiments, the individual compartment has a volume of 100 nLor less, 50 nL or less, 40 nL or less, 30 nL or less, 20 nL or less, 10nL or less, 5 nL or less. In particular embodiments, the individualcompartment has a volume of 5 nL or less. In some embodiments, theindividual compartment is a droplet or microvesicle, optionally in anemulsion. In some embodiments, the compartment is a well. In certainembodiments, the well is located in a printed polymer slide, a plasticplate, a microtiter plate, or a gel. In some embodiments, the well issealed with a permeable membrane prior to lysis of the T cell or priorto performing RT-PCR. Compartmentalized preparation as described hereinenables characterization of the library and minimizes the likelihood ofPCR error variants which may be included in the final drug product. Thisreduces the risk that the final therapeutic cell composition containsuncharacterizable and potentially very dangerous variants, which mayinduce side effects and/or off-target TCR binding specificity.

In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is reversetranscribed into cDNA using any method known in the art. For example, insome embodiments, reverse transcription is performed using overlapextension (OE) reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). The reaction mix forOE-RT-PCR includes primers designed to create a single PCR productcomprising the cDNA of two or more transcripts of interest covalentlylinked together. Primer design for OE-RT-PCR determines whichtranscripts of interest (e.g. TCR gene transcripts) expressed by a givencell are linked together. For example, in certain embodiments, primersare designed that cause the respective cDNAs from cognate pair TCR chaintranscripts to be covalently linked together. Non-limiting examples ofOE-RT-PCR reaction conditions are provided in Table 3 herein.Non-limiting examples of PCR primers suitable for performing thereaction to obtain linked TCR cDNAs are provided in Table 4 herein. Thelinked cDNA products of OE RT-PCR are recovered and used as a templatefor nested PCR, which amplifies the linked transcripts of interest.Exemplary reaction conditions for nested PCR are provided in Table 5herein. In some embodiments, the purified products of nested PCR arethen sequenced and pairing information is analyzed. In some embodiments,restriction and ligation may be used to link cDNA of multipletranscripts of interest. In other embodiments, recombination may be usedto link cDNA of multiple transcripts of interest.

In some embodiments, the TCRα polypeptide comprises at least one TRAVsegment and a TRAC segment or an equivalent of each thereof. In someembodiments, the TCRα polypeptide comprises at least one TRAV segment, aTRAC segment, and at least one TRAD segment. In some embodiments, theTCRα polypeptide comprises at least one TRAV segment, a TRAC segment, atleast one TRAD segment, and at least one TRAJ segment. In someembodiments, the TCRα polypeptide comprises at least one TRAV segment, aTRAC segment, and at least one TRAJ segment.

In some embodiments, the TCRβ polypeptide comprises at least one TRBVsegment and a TRBC segment or an equivalent of each thereof. In someembodiments, the TCRβ polypeptide comprises at least one TRBV segment,at least one TRBC segment, and at least one TRBD segment. In someembodiments, the TCRβ polypeptide comprises at least one TRBV segment,at least one TRBC segment, at least one TRBD segment, and at least oneTRBJ segment. In some embodiments, the TCRβ polypeptide comprises atleast one TRBV segment, at least one TRBC segment, and at least one TRBJsegment.

In some embodiments, the TCRγ polypeptide comprises at least one TRGVsegment and a TRGC segment or an equivalent of each thereof. In someembodiments, the TCRγ polypeptide comprises at least one TRGV segment,at least one TRGC segment, and at least one TRGD segment. In someembodiments, the TCRγ polypeptide comprises at least one TRGV segment,at least one TRGC segment, at least one TRGD segment, and at least oneTRGJ segment. In some embodiments, the TCRγ polypeptide comprises atleast one TRGV segment, at least one TRGC segment, and at least one TRGJsegment.

In some embodiments, the TCRδ polypeptide comprises at least one TRDVsegment and a TRDC segment or an equivalent of each thereof. In someembodiments, the TCRδ polypeptide comprises at least one TRDV segment,at least one TRDC segment, and at least one TRDD segment. In someembodiments, the TCRδ polypeptide comprises at least one TRDV segment,at least one TRDC segment, at least one TRDD segment, and at least oneTRDJ segment. In some embodiments, the TCRδ polypeptide comprises atleast one TRDV segment, at least one TRDC segment, and at least one TRDJsegment.

In some embodiments of the vector, the first polynucleotide and thesecond polynucleotide are operably linked, optionally via a linkerpolynucleotide. In some embodiments, the linker polynucleotide encodes alinker polypeptide. As used herein, the term “linker polypeptide”relates to any amino acid sequence comprising from 1 to 10, oralternatively, 8 amino acids, or alternatively 6 amino acids, oralternatively 5 amino acids that may be repeated from 1 to 10, oralternatively to about 8, or alternatively to about 6, or alternativelyabout 5, or 4 or alternatively 3, or alternatively 2 times. For example,the linker may comprise up to 15 amino acid residues consisting of apentapeptide repeated three times. In one aspect, the linker sequence isa (Glycine4Serine)3 (SEQ ID NO: 8) flexible polypeptide linkercomprising three copies of gly-gly-gly-gly-ser (SEQ ID NO: 9), orequivalents thereof. Non-limiting examples of linker sequences are knownin the art, e.g., GGGGSGGGGSGGGG (SEQ ID NO: 10) (and equivalentsthereof); the tripeptide EFM; orGlu-Phe-Gly-Ala-Gly-Leu-Val-Leu-Gly-Gly-Gln-Phe-Met (SEQ ID NO: 11), andequivalents of each thereof. In some embodiments of the vector, thefirst polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide have been operablylinked by reverse transcription and PCR amplification of the captured Tcell mRNA.

In some embodiments of the vector, the first polynucleotide and thesecond polynucleotide have been linked and/or cloned into the vectorbackbone using a restriction enzyme that cleaves at a target restrictionendonuclease site that is natively found in TCR genes. In certainembodiments, the target restriction endonuclease site occurs in TCRgenes with low frequency. “Low frequency” refers to a site that occursfewer than 20, fewer than 15, fewer than 10, fewer than 5, or fewer than2 times in a TCR gene. In certain embodiments, the target restrictionendonuclease site comprises a silent mutation that does not alter theexpressed TCR polypeptide sequence. Non-limiting examples of restrictionendonuclease recognition sites are provided in Tables 6 and 7 herein. Insome embodiments, the first polynucleotide and/or the secondpolynucleotide have been altered to incorporate at least one, at leasttwo, at least 3, at least four, at least 5, at least 5, at least 7, atleast 8, at least 9, or at least 10 target restriction endonucleasesites disclosed in Table 6 or Table 7.

In certain embodiments of the vector, the vector further comprises atleast one, at least 2, at least 3, or at least 4 polynucleotidesencoding an expression control element. As used herein, an “expressioncontrol element” intends a polynucleotide that directly or indirectlyfacilitates, promotes, regulates, or influences the expression of apolynucleotide. In some embodiments, the expression control elementactivates expression of a polynucleotide. In some embodiments, theexpression control element maintains expression of a polynucleotide. Insome embodiments, the expression control element enhances expression ofa polynucleotide. In some embodiments, the expression control elementstabilizes a transcript of a polynucleotide. In some embodiments, theexpression control element suppresses expression of a polynucleotide. Insome embodiments, the activity of the expression control element isinducible. In some embodiments, the expression control element isoperably linked to the first polynucleotide and/or the secondpolynucleotide. In some embodiments, the expression control element isupstream (5′) to the first polynucleotide and/or the secondpolynucleotide. In some embodiments, the expression control element isdownstream (3′) to the first polynucleotide and/or the secondpolynucleotide. In certain embodiments, the polynucleotide encoding theexpression control element is located between the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide. In some embodiments, the expressioncontrol element is selected from the group consisting of: a promoter, ap2A sequence, an enhancer, and an internal ribosome entry site (IRES)sequence.

A p2A sequence is a short peptide (about 20 amino acids) that producesequimolar levels of multiple genes from the same mRNA. The peptides arethought to function by causing the ribosome skip the synthesis of apeptide bond at the C-terminus of a 2A element, leading to separationbetween the end of the 2A sequence and the next peptide downstream. Theresulting “cleavage” occurs between the Glycine and Proline residuesfound on the C-terminus, meaning the upstream cistron will have a fewadditional residues added to the end, while the downstream cistron willstart with the Proline. In particular embodiments, the p2A sequence isselected from the group consisting of:

T2A: (SEQ ID NO: 12) (GSG)EGRGSLLTCGDVEENPGP P2A: (SEQ ID NO: 13)(GSG)ATNFSLLKQAGDVEENPGP E2A: (SEQ ID NO: 14) (GSG)QCTNYALLKLAGDVESNPGPF2A: (SEQ ID NO: 15) (GSG)VKQTLNFDLLKLAGDVESNPG

A promoter is a regulatory polynucleotide that provides a control pointfor regulated transcription of a polynucleotide. In some embodiments,the promoter is selected from the group consisting of: CMV, EF1a, SV40,PGK1, UBC, MNDU3, human beta actin, CAG, TRE, UAS, Ac5, Polyhedrin,CaMKIIa, GAL1, GAL10, GDS, ADH1, CaMV35S, Ubi, H1, and U6. In particularembodiments, the promoter is an EF1α promoter or a CMV promoter.

An internal ribosome entry site is an RNA element that allows fortranslation initiation in a cap-independent manner, as part of thegreater process of protein synthesis. In eukaryotic translation,initiation typically occurs at the 5′ end of mRNA molecules, since 5′cap recognition is required for the assembly of the initiation complex.The location for IRES elements is often in the 5′UTR, but can also occurelsewhere in mRNAs. In certain embodiments, the IRES is an FMDV or anEMCV IRES sequence. A non-limiting example of a polynucleotide encodingan IRES sequence (EMCV) is provided herein:

(SEQ ID NO: 16) TATGCTAGTACGTCTCTCAAGGATAAGTAAGTAATATTAAGGTACGGGAGGTATTGGACAGGCCGCAATAAAATATCTTTATTTTCATTACATCTGTGTGTTGGTTTTTTGTGTGAATCGATAGTACTAACATACGCTCTCCATCAAAACAAAACGAAACAAAACAAACTAGCAAAATAGGCTGTCCCCAGTGCAAGTGCAGGTGCCAGAACATTTCTCTGGCCTAACTGGCCGGTACCTGAGCTCTAGTTTCACTTTCCCTAGTTTCACTTTCCCTAGTTTCACTTTCCCTAGTTTCACTTTCCCTAGTTTCACTTTCCCCTCGAGGATATCAAGATCTGGCCTCGGCG GCCAG

An enhancer is a region of DNA that can be bound by proteins (e.g.transcription factors) to increase the likelihood that transcription ofa particular target polynucleotide will occur. Enhancers are cis-acting.In some embodiments, they are between 50-1500 base pairs in length. Insome embodiments, they are located upstream, downstream, within a targetpolynucleotide. In some embodiments, the enhancer is selected from thegroup consisting of CENTG2, GADD45G, and WPRE enhancers. In particularembodiments, the enhancer is Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus (WHP)Posttranscriptional Regulatory Element (WPRE), a DNA sequence that, whentranscribed, creates a tertiary structure enhancing expression. WPRE isa tripartite regulatory element with gamma, alpha, and beta components.In some embodiments, the enhancer comprises just the alpha component ofWPRE. In other embodiments, the enhancer comprises the full tripartiteWPRE sequence. When used alone without the gamma and beta WPREcomponents, the alpha component is only 9% as active as the fulltripartite WPRE.

WPRE Alpha Sequence:

(SEQ ID NO: 17) GCCACGGCGGAACTCATCGCCGCCTGCCTTGCCCGCTGCTGGACAGGGGCTCGGCTGTTGGGCACTGACAATTCCGTGGT

Full Tripartite WPRE Sequence:

(SEQ ID NO: 18) AATCAACCTCTGGATTACAAAATTTGTGAAAGATTGACTGGTATTCTTAACTATGTTGCTCCTTTTACGCTATGTGGATACGCTGCTTTAATGCCTTTGTATCATGCTATTGCTTCCCGTATGGCTTTCATTTTCTCCTCCTTGTATAAATCCTGGTTGCTGTCTCTTTATGAGGAGTTGTGGCCCGTTGTCAGGCAACGTGGCGTGGTGTGCACTGTGTTTGCTGACGCAACCCCCACTGGTTGGGGCATTGCCACCACCTGTCAGCTCCTTTCCGGGACTTTCGCTTTCCCCCTCCCTATTGCCACGGCGGAACTCATCGCCGCCTGCCTTGCCCGCTGCTGGACAGGGGCTCGGCTGTTGGGCACTGACAATTCCGTGGTGTTGTCGGGGAAGCTGACGTCCTTTCCATGGCTGCTCGCCTGTGTTGCCACCTGGATTCTGCGCGGGACGTCCTTCTGCTACGTCCCTTCGGCCCTCAATCCAGCGGACCTTCCTTCCCGCGGCCTGCTGCCGGCTCTGCGGCCTCTTCCGCGTCTTCGCCTTCGCCCTCAGACGAGTCGGATCTCCCTTTGGGCCGCCTCCCCG CCTG 

In some embodiments of the vector, the vector is circularized. In someembodiments, the vector has been circularized prior to incorporation ofthe expression control element into the vector. In other embodiments,the vector has been circularized after incorporation of the expressioncontrol element into the vector.

In certain embodiments of the vector, the expression control element hasbeen incorporated near a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM). In theseembodiments, the expression control element is inserted into the vectorvia a CRISPR/Cas mediated mechanism. In other embodiments, theexpression control element has been incorporated into the vector using aDNA-modifying enzyme selected from a restriction enzyme or a TALEN.

In certain embodiments, the vector further comprises one or morepolynucleotides encoding a transposon to facilitate integration of theat least one of the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideinto a target cell or a host cell. Sleeping Beauty transposase inserts atransposon into a TA dinucleotide base pair in a recipient DNA sequence.For example, in some embodiments, transposons flanking the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide facilitate integration intothe recombinant cell genome or the immune cell genome at a TAdinucleotide. In some embodiments, the vector backbone is derived fromor comprises a non-viral vector. Advantages of non-viral vectors includethe ease and relatively low cost of producing sufficient amountsrequired to meet the entire patient population, stability during storageand lack of immunogenicity. A non-limiting example of a transposonsystem suitable for use in the vectors of the present technology is aSleeping Beauty transposon system (see, e.g., Kebriaei, P. et al. (2017)Trends in Genetics 33: 852-70, incorporated herein by reference). ASleeping Beauty transposon system consists of two components: (i) atransposon containing a gene-expression cassette and (ii) a source oftransposase enzyme. By transposing the expression cassette from aplasmid into the genome, sustained transcription of a transgene can beachieved. Exemplary Sleeping beauty transposase vectors include but arenot limited to: pSBbi (Kowarz, E. et al. Biotechnol J. 10(4):647-53,available from Addgene), pCMV(CAT)T7-SB100 (Mátés, L. et al. Nat Genet.2009 June; 41(6):753-61, available from Addgene), and pT2/LTR7 (Wang, J.et al. Nature. 2014 Dec. 18; 516(7531):405-9, available from Addgene).

In some embodiments of the vector, the vector further comprises one ormore polynucleotides encoding a detectable marker or a purificationmarker. In particular embodiments, the detectable marker is afluorescent protein selected from the group consisting of GFP, YFP, RFP,dTomato, cherry, Cy3, Cy 5, Cy 5.5, Cy 7, DNP, AMCA, Biotin,Digoxigenin, Tamra, Texas Red, rhodamine, Alexafluors, FITC, and TRITC.

In some embodiments of the vector, the vector further comprises one ormore polynucleotides encoding a selectable marker. In particularembodiments, the selectable marker confers a positive selection trait ina eukaryotic cell, e.g., blasticidin (bsd gene), G418/Geneticin (neogene), hygromycin B (hygB gene), puromycin (pac gene), or zeocin (Sh blagene). In some embodiments, the selectable marker confers a positiveselection trait in a bacterial cell, e.g., beta-lactamase gene.

In some embodiments of the vector, the vector further comprises one ormore polynucleotides encoding a switch mechanism for controllingexpression and/or activation of the first polynucleotide and the secondpolynucleotide. In other embodiments of the vector, the recombinant TCRencoded by the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotidecomprises a switch mechanism. In particular embodiments, the switchmechanism is a suicide switch, e.g. iCaspase 9, a safety mechanism whichcan be activated to cause the apoptosis or death of cells comprising aTCR library.

For example, in some embodiments a TCR may comprise an extracellulardomain with a target-specific binding element that comprises a label,binding domain, or tag that is specific for a molecule other than thetarget antigen that is expressed on or by a target cell. In suchembodiments, the specificity of the TCR is provided by a secondconstruct that comprises, consists, or consists essentially of a targetantigen binding domain and a domain that is recognized by or binds tothe label, binding domain, or tag on the TCR. See, e.g., WO 2013/044225,WO 2016/000304, WO 2015/057834, WO 2015/057852, WO 2016/070061, U.S.Pat. No. 9,233,125, US 2016/0129109. In this way, a T-cell thatexpresses the TCR can be administered to a subject, but it cannot bindits target antigen until the second composition comprising theantigen-specific binding domain is administered.

In other embodiments, a TCR is modified to require multimerization inorder to be activated (see, e.g., US 2015/0368342, US 2016/0175359, US2015/0368360) and/or an exogenous signal, such as a small molecule drug(US 2016/0166613, Yung et al., Science, 2015).

In some embodiments, the vector comprises a polynucleotide encoding a“suicide switch” or “safety switch” to induce cell death of thevector-expressing cells following treatment (Buddee et al., PLoS One,2013) or to downregulate expression of the TCR following binding to thetarget antigen (WO 2016/011210). For example, vectors can comprise asuicide gene that confers sensitivity to an antibody or prodrug that canbe administered to cease TCR activity. In some embodiments, the antibodyor prodrug is administered to a subject that has received TCR librarytherapy upon the occurrence of an adverse event. Exemplary suicide genesinclude but are not limited to herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase(HSV-TK) which renders cells susceptible to ganciclovir (Bonini et al.Science 276: 1719-1724 (1997)), inducible Caspase 9 (iCaspase9) whichallows for dimerization and activation of apoptosis when activated by adimerizer drug (Gargett et al., Front Pharmacol, 2014 5:235), andtruncated EGFR which renders cells susceptible to cetuximab (Wang et al.Blood 118: 1255-63 (2011)).

In some embodiments of the vector, the vector further comprises one ormore polynucleotides encoding a Kozak consensus sequence. In someembodiments, the Kozak consensus sequence is strong, adequate, or weak.

In some embodiments of the vector, the T cell was screened forreactivity with a target cell or disease antigen prior to lysis. Incertain embodiments of the vector, the TCR encoded by the vector hasbinding specificity for or is activated by a target cell or diseaseantigen. In certain embodiments, the target cell is a cancer cell, acell infected with a virus, a cell derived from a subject infected witha virus, a tumor cell, or a tissue biopsy cell isolated from a subjectsuspected of having a viral infection or cancer. In some embodiments,the cell was isolated from a subject. In some embodiments of the vector,the TCR is screened for specific binding to an disease antigen:MHCcomplex.

In certain embodiments, the disease antigen is a viral antigen derivedfrom a virus selected from the group consisting of adenovirus, CMV,coronavirus, coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebola virus, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B(HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D (HDV),hepatitis E (HEV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), humanpapillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), human T-lymphotropicvirus (HTLV), influenza A virus, influenza B virus, Japaneseencephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus, molluscum contagiosum, orfvirus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratory syncytial virus, riftvalley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus, tick-borne encephalitis(TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus (TEV),varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, andChikungunya virus.

In other embodiments, the disease antigen is a tumor antigen selectedfrom the group consisting of CD45, glypican-3, IGF2B3, Kallikrein 4,KIF20A, Lengsin, Meloe, mucin 5AC (MUC5AC), survivin, cyclin-A1,MAGE-A1, MAGE-C1, MAGE-C2, SSX2, XAGE1b/GAGED2A, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD52,epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), human epidermal growth factorreceptor 2 (HER2), tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member10a (TRAILR1), receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand(RANKL), insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R), epithelial celladhesion molecule (EpCAM), and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA).

By way of example only, in some embodiments, the original destinationcloning vector (for example, pLVX-EF1α-IRES-mCherry) may containmultiple recognition sites for restriction enzymes, such as AgeI (2415),SphI (2331), NheI (8192) and MluI (6669) cutting sites (numbers indicatethe location of these cutting sites). See FIG. 13. In some embodiments,the excess restriction enzyme sites for AgeI, SphI, NheI and MluI may beeliminated by performing site-directed mutagenesis (see FIG. 14). Insome embodiments, the excess restriction enzyme sites to be removed fromthe destination cloning vector may be any of those listed in Table 7 orTable 8. In other embodiments, the excess restriction enzyme sites maybe substituted with other known restriction enzyme sites that permit Tcell receptor paired alpha:beta cloning into linear or circularizedvector formats.

Original pLVX-EF1α-IRES Mcherry Vector Sequence

(SEQ ID NO: 19) tggaagggctaattcactcccaaagaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtggcgcccgaacagggacttgaaagcgaaagggaaaccagaggagctctctcgacgcaggactcggcttgctgaagcgcgcacggcaagaggcgaggggcggcgactggtgagtacgccaaaaattttgactagcggaggctagaaggagagagatgggtgcgagagcgtcagtattaagcgggggagaattagatcgcgatgggaaaaaattcggttaaggccagggggaaagaaaaaatataaattaaaacatatagtatgggcaagcagggagctagaacgattcgcagttaatcctggcctgttagaaacatcagaaggctgtagacaaatactgggacagctacaaccatcccttcagacaggatcagaagaacttagatcattatataatacagtagcaaccctctattgtgtgcatcaaaggatagagataaaagacaccaaggaagctttagacaagatagaggaagagcaaaacaaaagtaagaccaccgcacagcaagcggccggccgctgatcttcagacctggaggaggagatatgagggacaattggagaagtgaattatataaatataaagtagtaaaaattgaaccattaggagtagcacccaccaaggcaaagagaagagtggtgcagagagaaaaaagagcagtgggaataggagctttgttccttgggttcttgggagcagcaggaagcactatgggcgcagcgtcaatgacgctgacggtacaggccagacaattattgtctggtatagtgcagcagcagaacaatttgctgagggctattgaggcgcaacagcatctgttgcaactcacagtctggggcatcaagcagctccaggcaagaatcctggctgtggaaagatacctaaaggatcaacagctcctggggatttggggttgctctggaaaactcatttgcaccactgctgtgccttggaatgctagttggagtaataaatctctggaacagatttggaatcacacgacctggatggagtgggacagagaaattaacaattacacaagcttaatacactccttaattgaagaatcgcaaaaccagcaagaaaagaatgaacaagaattattggaattagataaatgggcaagtttgtggaattggtttaacataacaaattggctgtggtatataaaattattcataatgatagtaggaggcttggtaggtttaagaatagtttttgctgtactttctatagtgaatagagttaggcagggatattcaccattatcgtttcagacccacctcccaaccccgaggggacccgacaggcccgaaggaatagaagaagaaggtggagagagagacagagacagatccattcgattagtgaacggatctcgacggtatcgcctttaaaagaaaaggggggattggggggtacagtgcaggggaaagaatagtagacataatagcaacagacatacaaactaaagaattacaaaaacaaattacaaaaattcaaaattttcgggtttattacagggacagcagagatccagtttatcgatgagtaattcatacaaaaggactcgcccctgccttggggaatcccagggaccgtcgttaaactcccactaacgtagaacccagagatcgctgcgttcccgccccctcacccgcccgctctcgtcatcactgaggtggagaagagcatgcgtgaggctccggtgcccgtcagtgggcagagcgcacatcgcccacagtccccgagaagttggggggaggggtcggcaattgaaccggtgcctagagaaggtggcgcggggtaaactgggaaagtgatgtcgtgtactggctccgcctttttcccgagggtgggggagaaccgtatataagtgcagtagtcgccgtgaacgttctttttcgcaacgggtttgccgccagaacacaggtaagtgccgtgtgtggttcccgcgggcctggcctctttacgggttatggcccttgcgtgccttgaattacttccacgcccctggctgcagtacgtgattcttgatcccgagcttcgggttggaagtgggtgggagagttcgaggccttgcgcttaaggagccccttcgcctcgtgcttgagttgaggcctggcttgggcgctggggccgccgcgtgcgaatctggtggcaccttcgcgcctgtctcgctgctttcgataagtctctagccatttaaaatttttgatgacctgctgcgacgctttttttctggcaagatagtcttgtaaatgcgggccaagatctgcacactggtatttcggtttttggggccgcgggcggcgacggggcccgtgcgtcccagcgcacatgttcggcgaggcggggcctgcgagcgcggccaccgagaatcggacgggggtagtctcaagctggccggcctgctctggtgcctggcctcgcgccgccgtgtatcgccccgccctgggcggcaaggctggcccggtcggcaccagttgcgtgagcggaaagatggccgcttcccggccctgctgcagggagctcaaaatggaggacgcggcgctcgggagagcgggcgggtgagtcacccacacaaaggaaaagggcctttccgtcctcagccgtcgcttcatgtgactccacggagtaccgggcgccgtccaggcacctcgattagttctcgagcttttggagtacgtcgtctttaggttggggggaggggttttatgcgatggagtttccccacactgagtgggtggagactgaagttaggccagcttggcacttgatgtaattctccttggaatttgccctttttgagtttggatcttggttcattctcaagcctcagacagtggttcaaagtttttttcttccatttcaggtgtcgtgaggatctatttccggtgaattcctcgagactagttctagagcggccgcggatcccgcccctctccctcccccccccctaacgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttattttccaccatattgccgtcttttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtcttcttgacgagcattcctaggggtctttcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcgtgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagcttcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgaccctttgcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtataagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgtgagttggatagttgtggaaagagtcaaatggctcacctcaagcgtattcaacaaggggctgaaggatgcccagaaggtaccccattgtatgggatctgatctggggcctcggtgcacatgctttacatgtgtttagtcgaggttaaaaaacgtctaggccccccgaaccacggggacgtggttttcctttgaaaaacacgatgataatatggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaaggagttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatcgagggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgaccaagggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctccaaggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgagggcttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccaggactcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttcccctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcggatgtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggacggcggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctgcccggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacaccatcgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctgtacaagtgaacgcgtctggaacaatcaacctctggattacaaaatttgtgaaagattgactggtattcttaactatgttgctccttttacgctatgtggatacgctgctttaatgcctttgtatcatgctattgcttcccgtatggctttcattttctcctccttgtataaatcctggttgctgtctctttatgaggagttgtggcccgttgtcaggcaacgtggcgtggtgtgcactgtgtttgctgacgcaacccccactggttggggcattgccaccacctgtcagctcctttccgggactttcgctttccccctccctattgccacggcggaactcatcgccgcctgccttgcccgctgctggacaggggctcggctgttgggcactgacaattccgtggtgttgtcggggaagctgacgtcctttccatggctgctcgcctgtgttgccacctggattctgcgcgggacgtccttctgctacgtcccttcggccctcaatccagcggaccttccttcccgcggcctgctgccggctctgcggcctcttccgcgtcttcgccttcgccctcagacgagtcggatctccctttgggccgcctccccgcctggaattaattctgcagtcgagacctagaaaaacatggagcaatcacaagtagcaatacagcagctaccaatgctgattgtgcctggctagaagcacaagaggaggaggaggtgggttttccagtcacacctcaggtacctttaagaccaatgacttacaaggcagctgtagatcttagccactttttaaaagaaaagaggggactggaagggctaattcactcccaacgaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtagtagttcatgtcatcttattattcagtatttataacttgcaaagaaatgaatatcagagagtgagaggccttgacattgctagcgtttaccgtcgacctctagctagagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaagaacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcgacggatcgggagatcaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctggatcaactggataactcaagctaaccaaaatcatcccaaacttcccaccccataccctattaccactgccaattacctgtggtttcatttactctaaacctgtgattcctctgaattattttcattttaaagaaattgtatttgttaaatatgtactacaaacttag tagt

Modified pLVX-EF1α-IRES Mcherry Vector Sequence

(SEQ ID NO: 20) tggaagggctaattcactcccaaagaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtggcgcccgaacagggacttgaaagcgaaagggaaaccagaggagctctctcgacgcaggactcggcttgctgaagcgcgcacggcaagaggcgaggggcggcgactggtgagtacgccaaaaattttgactagcggaggctagaaggagagagatgggtgcgagagcgtcagtattaagcgggggagaattagatcgcgatgggaaaaaattcggttaaggccagggggaaagaaaaaatataaattaaaacatatagtatgggcaagcagggagctagaacgattcgcagttaatcctggcctgttagaaacatcagaaggctgtagacaaatactgggacagctacaaccatcccttcagacaggatcagaagaacttagatcattatataatacagtagcaaccctctattgtgtgcatcaaaggatagagataaaagacaccaaggaagctttagacaagatagaggaagagcaaaacaaaagtaagaccaccgcacagcaagcggccggccgctgatcttcagacctggaggaggagatatgagggacaattggagaagtgaattatataaatataaagtagtaaaaattgaaccattaggagtagcacccaccaaggcaaagagaagagtggtgcagagagaaaaaagagcagtgggaataggagctttgttccttgggttcttgggagcagcaggaagcactatgggcgcagcgtcaatgacgctgacggtacaggccagacaattattgtctggtatagtgcagcagcagaacaatttgctgagggctattgaggcgcaacagcatctgttgcaactcacagtctggggcatcaagcagctccaggcaagaatcctggctgtggaaagatacctaaaggatcaacagctcctggggatttggggttgctctggaaaactcatttgcaccactgctgtgccttggaatgctagttggagtaataaatctctggaacagatttggaatcacacgacctggatggagtgggacagagaaattaacaattacacaagcttaatacactccttaattgaagaatcgcaaaaccagcaagaaaagaatgaacaagaattattggaattagataaatgggcaagtttgtggaattggtttaacataacaaattggctgtggtatataaaattattcataatgatagtaggaggcttggtaggtttaagaatagtttttgctgtactttctatagtgaatagagttaggcagggatattcaccattatcgtttcagacccacctcccaaccccgaggggacccgacaggcccgaaggaatagaagaagaaggtggagagagagacagagacagatccattcgattagtgaacggatctcgacggtatcgcctttaaaagaaaaggggggattggggggtacagtgcaggggaaagaatagtagacataatagcaacagacatacaaactaaagaattacaaaaacaaattacaaaaattcaaaattttcgggtttattacagggacagcagagatccagtttatcgatgagtaattcatacaaaaggactcgcccctgccttggggaatcccagggaccgtcgttaaactcccactaacgtagaacccagagatcgctgcgttcccgccccctcacccgcccgctctcgtcatcactgaggtggagaagagcaagcgtgaggctccggtgcccgtcagtgggcagagcgcacatcgcccacagtccccgagaagttggggggaggggtcggcaattgatccggagcctagagaaggtggcgcggggtaaactgggaaagtgatgtcgtgtactggctccgcctttttcccgagggtgggggagaaccgtatataagtgcagtagtcgccgtgaacgttctttttcgcaacgggtttgccgccagaacacaggtaagtgccgtgtgtggttcccgcgggcctggcctctttacgggttatggcccttgcgtgccttgaattacttccacgcccctggctgcagtacgtgattcttgatcccgagcttcgggttggaagtgggtgggagagttcgaggccttgcgcttaaggagccccttcgcctcgtgcttgagttgaggcctggcttgggcgctggggccgccgcgtgcgaatctggtggcaccttcgcgcctgtctcgctgctttcgataagtctctagccatttaaaatttttgatgacctgctgcgacgctttttttctggcaagatagtcttgtaaatgcgggccaagatctgcacactggtatttcggtttttggggccgcgggcggcgacggggcccgtgcgtcccagcgcacatgttcggcgaggcggggcctgcgagcgcggccaccgagaatcggacgggggtagtctcaagctggccggcctgctctggtgcctggcctcgcgccgccgtgtatcgccccgccctgggcggcaaggctggcccggtcggcaccagttgcgtgagcggaaagatggccgcttcccggccctgctgcagggagctcaaaatggaggacgcggcgctcgggagagcgggcgggtgagtcacccacacaaaggaaaagggcctttccgtcctcagccgtcgcttcatgtgactccacggagtaccgggcgccgtccaggcacctcgattagttctcgagcttttggagtacgtcgtctttaggttggggggaggggttttatgcgatggagtttccccacactgagtgggtggagactgaagttaggccagcttggcacttgatgtaattctccttggaatttgccctttttgagtttggatcttggttcattctcaagcctcagacagtggttcaaagtttttttcttccatttcaggtgtcgtgaggatctatttccggtgaattcctcgagactagttctagagcggccgcggatcccgcccctctccctcccccccccctaacgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttattttccaccatattgccgtcttttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtcttcttgacgagcattcctaggggtctttcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcgtgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagcttcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgaccctttgcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtataagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgtgagttggatagttgtggaaagagtcaaatggctcacctcaagcgtattcaacaaggggctgaaggatgcccagaaggtaccccattgtatgggatctgatctggggcctcggtgcacatgctttacatgtgtttagtcgaggttaaaaaacgtctaggccccccgaaccacggggacgtggttttcctttgaaaaacacgatgataatatggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaaggagttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatcgagggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgaccaagggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctccaaggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgagggcttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccaggactcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttcccctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcggatgtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggacggcggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctgcccggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacaccatcgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctgtacaagtgaacccgtctggaacaatcaacctctggattacaaaatttgtgaaagattgactggtattcttaactatgttgctccttttacgctatgtggatacgctgctttaatgcctttgtatcatgctattgcttcccgtatggctttcattttctcctccttgtataaatcctggttgctgtctctttatgaggagttgtggcccgttgtcaggcaacgtggcgtggtgtgcactgtgtttgctgacgcaacccccactggttggggcattgccaccacctgtcagctcctttccgggactttcgctttccccctccctattgccacggcggaactcatcgccgcctgccttgcccgctgctggacaggggctcggctgttgggcactgacaattccgtggtgttgtcggggaagctgacgtcctttccatggctgctcgcctgtgttgccacctggattctgcgcgggacgtccttctgctacgtcccttcggccctcaatccagcggaccttccttcccgcggcctgctgccggctctgcggcctcttccgcgtcttcgccttcgccctcagacgagtcggatctccctttgggccgcctccccgcctggaattaattctgcagtcgagacctagaaaaacatggagcaatcacaagtagcaatacagcagctaccaatgctgattgtgcctggctagaagcacaagaggaggaggaggtgggttttccagtcacacctcaggtacctttaagaccaatgacttacaaggcagctgtagatcttagccactttttaaaagaaaagaggggactggaagggctaattcactcccaacgaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtagtagttcatgtcatcttattattcagtatttataacttgcaaagaaatgaatatcagagagtgagaggccttgacattgcttgcgtttaccgtcgacctctagctagagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaagaacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggatcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactatcattttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcgacggatcgggagatcaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctggatcaactggataactcaagctaaccaaaatcatcccaaacttcccaccccataccctattaccactgccaattacctgtggtttcatttactctaaacctgtgattcctctgaattattttcattttaaagaaattgtatttgttaaatatgtactacaaacttagtag 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Non-limiting examples of nucleic acid sequences of vectors of thepresent disclosure are provided herein in Table 2 and illustrated inFIG. 3-12.

TABLE 2 Exemplary Vector Sequences pLVX-CMV-TCR1-pTert-iCas9 (FIG. 3):tggaagggctaattcactcccaaagaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtggcgcccgaacagggacttgaaagcgaaagggaaaccagaggagctctctcgacgcaggactcggcttgctgaagcgcgcacggcaagaggcgaggggcggcgactggtgagtacgccaaaaattttgactagcggaggctagaaggagagagatgggtgcgagagcgtcagtattaagcgggggagaattagatcgcgatgggaaaaaattcggttaaggccagggggaaagaaaaaatataaattaaaacatatagtatgggcaagcagggagctagaacgattcgcagttaatcctggcctgttagaaacatcagaaggctgtagacaaatactgggacagctacaaccatcccttcagacaggatcagaagaacttagatcattatataatacagtagcaaccctctattgtgtgcatcaaaggatagagataaaagacaccaaggaagctttagacaagatagaggaagagcaaaacaaaagtaagaccaccgcacagcaagcggccggccgctgatcttcagacctggaggaggagatatgagggacaattggagaagtgaattatataaatataaagtagtaaaaattgaaccattaggagtagcacccaccaaggcaaagagaagagtggtgcagagagaaaaaagagcagtgggaataggagctttgttccttgggttcttgggagcagcaggaagcactatgggcgcagcgtcaatgacgctgacggtacaggccagacaattattgtctggtatagtgcagcagcagaacaatttgctgagggctattgaggcgcaacagcatctgttgcaactcacagtctggggcatcaagcagctccaggcaagaatcctggctgtggaaagatacctaaaggatcaacagctcctggggatttggggttgctctggaaaactcatttgcaccactgctgtgccttggaatgctagttggagtaataaatctctggaacagatttggaatcacacgacctggatggagtgggacagagaaattaacaattacacaagataatacactccttaattgaagaatcgcaaaaccagcaagaaaagaatgaacaagaattattggaattagataaatgggcaagtttgtggaattggtttaacataacaaattggctgtggtatataaaattattcataatgatagtaggaggcttggtaggtttaagaatagtttttgctgtactttctatagtgaatagagttaggcagggatattcaccattatcgtttcagacccacctcccaaccccgaggggacccgacaggcccgaaggaatagaagaagaaggtggagagagagacagagacagatccattcgattagtgaacggatctcgacggtatcgcctttaaaagaaaaggggggattggggggtacagtgcaggggaaagaatagtagacataatagcaacagacatacaaactaaagaattacaaaaacaaattacaaaaattcaaaattttcgggtttattacagggacagcagagatccagtttatcgataagcttgggagttccgcgttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattaccatggtgatgcggttttggcagtacatcaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccaccccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaacaactccgccccattgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgactctactagaggatctatttccggtgAATTCGCCACCatgagcctcgggctcctgtgctgtggggccttttctctcctgtgggcaggaccggtgGAAGCTGACATCTACCAGACCCCAAGATACCTTGTTATAGGGACAGGAAAGAAGATCACTCTGGAATGTTCTCAAACCATGGGCCATGACAAAATGTACTGGTATCAACAAGATCCAGGAATGGAACTACACCTCATCCACTATTCCTATGGAGTTAATTCCACAGAGAAGGGAGATCTTTCCTCTGAGTCAACAGTCTCCAGAATAAGGACGGAGCATTTTCCCCTGACCCTGGAGTCTGCCAGGCCCTCACATACCTCTCAGTACCTCTGTGCCAGCAGTCGGACGCCCAACATTCAGTACTTCGGCGCCGGGACCCGGCTCTCAGTGCTGGAGGACCTGAAAAACGTGTTCCCACCCGAACTAGTCgtgtttgagccatcagaagcagagatctcccacacccaaaaggccacactggtgtgcctggccacaggcttctaccccgaccacgtggagctgagctggtgggtgaatgggaaggaggtgcacagtggggtcagcacagacccgcagcccctcaaggagcagcccgccctcaatgactccagatactgcctgagcagccgcctgagggtctcggccaccttctggcagaacccccgcaaccacttccgctgtcaagtccagttctacgggctctcggagaatgacgagtggacccaggatagggccaaacctgtcacccagatcgtcagcgccgaggcctggggtagagcagactgtggatcacctccgagtataccagcaaggggtcctgtctgccaccatcctctatgagatcttgctagggaaggccaccttgtatgccgtgctggtcagtgccctcgtgctgatggccatggtcaagagaaaggattccagaggcGGGAGCGGAGCCACGAACTTCTCTCTGTTAAAGCAAGCAGGAGACGTGGAAGAAAACCCCGGTCCTatgacacgagttagcttgctgtgggcagtcgtggtctccacctgtctcgagtccggcatgGGTCAACAGCTGAATCAGAGTCCTCAATCTATGTTTATCCAGGAAGGAGAAGATGTCTCCATGAACTGCACTTCTTCAAGCATATTTAACACCTGGCTATGGTACAAGCAGGAACCTGGGGAAGGTCCTGTCCTCTTGATAGCCTTATATAAGGCTGGTGAATTGACCTCAAATGGAAGACTGACTGCTCAGTTTGGTATAACCAGAAAGGACAGCTTCCTGAATATCTCAGCATCCATACCTAGTGATGTAGGCATCTACTTCTGTGCTGGCACATACCAGAAAGTTACCTTTGGAACTGGAACAAAGCTCCAAGTCATCCCAAATATCCAGAACCCTGACCCTGCCGTGTACCAGCTGAGAGACTCTAAATCCAGTGACAAGTCTGTCTGCctattcaccgattttgattctcaaacaaatgtgtcacaaagtaaggattctgatgtgtatatcacagacaaaactgtgctagacatgaggtctatggacttcaagagcaacagtgctgtggcctggagcaacaaatctgactttgcatgcgcaaacgccttcaacaacagcattattccagaagacaccttcttccccagcccagaaagttcctgtgatgtcaagctggtcgagaaaagctttgaaacagatacgaacctaaactttcaaaacctgtcagtgattgggttccgaatcctcctcctgaaagtggccgggtttaatctgctcatgacgctgcggctgtggtccagcTGActcgagggatcccgcccctctccctcccccccccctaacgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttattttccaccatattgccgtcttttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtcttcttgacgagcattcctaggggtctttcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcgtgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagatcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgaccctttgcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtataagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgtgagttggatagttgtggaaagagtcaaatggctcacctcaagcgtattcaacaaggggctgaaggatgcccagaaggtaccccattgtatgggatctgatctggggcctcggtgcacatgattacatgtgtttagtcgaggttaaaaaacgtctaggccccccgaaccacggggacgtggttttcctttgaaaaacacgatgataatatggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaaggagttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatcgagggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgaccaagggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctccaaggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgagggcttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccaggactcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttcccctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcggatgtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggacggcggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctgcccggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacaccatcgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctgtacaagtgaacgcgtctggaacaagctttttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggctttgggggggggctgtccccgtgagctcttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaagagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgcagactttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtataaggagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatctacagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatatccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgtcgaggtaggcgtgtacggtgggcgcctataaaagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagcaattccacaacacttttgtatatacttATGCTCGAGGGAGTGCAGGTGGAGACTATCTCCCCAGGAGACGGGCGCACCTTCCCCAAGCGCGGCCAGACCTGCGTGGTGCACTACACCGGGATGCTTGAAGATGGAAAGAAAGTTGATTCCTCCCGGGACAGAAACAAGCCCTTTAAGTTTATGCTAGGCAAGCAGGAGGTGATCCGAGGCTGGGAAGAAGGGGTTGCCCAGATGAGTGTGGGTCAGAGAGCCAAACTGACTATATCTCCAGATTATGCCTATGGTGCCACTGGGCACCCAGGCATCATCCCACCACATGCCACTCTCGTCTTCGATGTGGAGCTTCTAAAACTGGAATCTGGCGGTGGATCCGGAGTCGACGGATTTGGTGATGTCGGTGCTCTTGAGAGTTTGAGGGGAAATGCAGATTTGGCTTACATCCTGAGCATGGAGCCCTGTGGCCACTGCCTCATTATCAACAATGTGAACTTCTGCCGTGAGTCCGGGCTCCGCACCCGCACTGGCTCCAACATCGACTGTGAGAAGTTGCGGCGTCGCTTCTCCTCGCTGCATTTCATGGTGGAGGTGAAGGGCGACCTGACTGCCAAGAAAATGGTGCTGGCTTTGCTGGAGCTGGCGCGGCAGGACCACGGTGCTCTGGACTGCTGCGTGGTGGTCATTCTCTCTCACGGCTGTCAGGCCAGCCACCTGCAGTTCCCAGGGGCTGTCTACGGCACAGATGGATGCCCTGTGTCGGTCGAGAAGATTGTGAACATCTTCAATGGGACCAGCTGCCCCAGCCTGGGAGGGAAGCCCAAGCTCTTTTTCATCCAGGCCTGTGGTGGGGAGCAGAAAGACCATGGGTTTGAGGTGGCCTCCACTTCCCCTGAAGACGAGTCCCCTGGCAGTAACCCCGAGCCAGATGCCACCCCGTTCCAGGAAGGTTTGAGGACCTTCGACCAGCTGGACGCCATATCTAGTTTGCCCACACCCAGTGACATCTTTGTGTCCTACTCTACTTTCCCAGGTTTTGTTTCCTGGAGGGACCCCAAGAGTGGCTCCTGGTACGTTGAGACCCTGGACGACATCTTTGAGCAGTGGGCTCACTCTGAAGACCTGCAGTCCCTCCTGCTTAGGGTCGCTAATGCTGTTTCGGTGAAAGGGATTTATAAACAGATGCCTGGTTGCTTTAATTTCCTCCGGAAAAAACTTTTCTTTAAAACATCAGTCGACTATCCGTACGACGTACCAGACTACGCACTCGACTAAaagctttttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggctttgggagggggctgtccccgtgagctcaatcaacctctggattacaaaatttgtgaaagattgactggtattcttaactatgttgctccttttacgctatgtggatacgctgctttaatgcctttgtatcatgctattgcttcccgtatggctttcattttctcctccttgtataaatcctggttgctgtctctttatgaggagttgtggcccgttgtcaggcaacgtggcgtggtgtgcactgtgtttgctgacgcaacccccactggttggggcattgccaccacctgtcagctcctttccgggactttcgctttccccctccctattgccacggcggaactcatcgccgcctgccttgcccgctgctggacaggggctcggctgttgggcactgacaattccgtggtgttgtcggggaagctgacgtcctttccatggctgctcgcctgtgttgccacctggattctgcgcgggacgtccttctgctacgtccatcggccctcaatccagcggaccttccttcccgcggcctgctgccggctctgcggcctcttccgcgtcttcgccttcgccctcagacgagtcggatctccctttgggccgcctccccgcctggaattaattctgcagtcgagacctagaaaaacatggagcaatcacaagtagcaatacagcagctaccaatgctgattgtgcctggctagaagcacaagaggaggaggaggtgggttttccagtcacacctcaggtacctttaagaccaatgacttacaaggcagctgtagatcttagccactttttaaaagaaaagaggggactggaagggctaattcactcccaacgaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtagtagttcatgtcatcttattattcagtatttataacttgcaaagaaatgaatatcagagagtgagaggccttgacattgctagcgtttaccgtcgacctctagctagagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaagaacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcgacggatcgggagatcaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctggatcaactggataactcaagctaaccaaaatcatcccaaacttcccaccccataccctattaccactgccaattacctgtggtttcatttactctaaacctgtgattcctctgaattattttcattttaaagaaattgtatttgttaaatatgtactacaaacttagtagt (SEQ ID NO: 21)pLVX-CMV-TCR2-pTert-iCas9 (FIG. 4):tggaagggctaattcactcccaaagaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtggcgcccgaacagggacttgaaagcgaaagggaaaccagaggagctctctcgacgcaggactcggcttgctgaagcgcgcacggcaagaggcgaggggcggcgactggtgagtacgccaaaaattttgactagcggaggctagaaggagagagatgggtgcgagagcgtcagtattaagcgggggagaattagatcgcgatgggaaaaaattcggttaaggccagggggaaagaaaaaatataaattaaaacatatagtatgggcaagcagggagctagaacgattcgcagttaatcctggcctgttagaaacatcagaaggctgtagacaaatactgggacagctacaaccatcccttcagacaggatcagaagaacttagatcattatataatacagtagcaaccctctattgtgtgcatcaaaggatagagataaaagacaccaaggaagctttagacaagatagaggaagagcaaaacaaaagtaagaccaccgcacagcaagcggccggccgctgatcttcagacctggaggaggagatatgagggacaattggagaagtgaattatataaatataaagtagtaaaaattgaaccattaggagtagcacccaccaaggcaaagagaagagtggtgcagagagaaaaaagagcagtgggaataggagctttgttccttgggttcttgggagcagcaggaagcactatgggcgcagcgtcaatgacgctgacggtacaggccagacaattattgtctggtatagtgcagcagcagaacaatttgctgagggctattgaggcgcaacagcatctgttgcaactcacagtctggggcatcaagcagctccaggcaagaatcctggctgtggaaagatacctaaaggatcaacagctcctggggatttggggttgctctggaaaactcatttgcaccactgctgtgccttggaatgctagttggagtaataaatctctggaacagatttggaatcacacgacctggatggagtgggacagagaaattaacaattacacaagcttaatacactccttaattgaagaatcgcaaaaccagcaagaaaagaatgaacaagaattattggaattagataaatgggcaagtttgtggaattggtttaacataacaaattggctgtggtatataaaattattcataatgatagtaggaggcttggtaggtttaagaatagtttttgctgtactttctatagtgaatagagttaggcagggatattcaccattatcgtttcagacccacctcccaaccccgaggggacccgacaggcccgaaggaatagaagaagaaggtggagagagagacagagacagatccattcgattagtgaacggatctcgacggtatcgcctttaaaagaaaaggggggattggggggtacagtgcaggggaaagaatagtagacataatagcaacagacatacaaactaaagaattacaaaaacaaattacaaaaattcaaaattttcgggtttattacagggacagcagagatccagtttatcgataagcttgggagttccgcgttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattaccatggtgatgcggttttggcagtacatcaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccaccccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaacaactccgccccattgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgactctactagaggatctatttccggtgAATTCGCCACCatgggacccaggctcctatctgggcactgattgtctcctcggaaCCGGTCCGGTTGAAGCTGACATCTACCAGACCCCAAGATACCTTGTTATAGGGACAGGAAAGAAGATCACTCTGGAATGTTCTCAAACCATGGGCCATGACAAAATGTACTGGTATCAACAAGATCCAGGAATGGAACTACACCTCATCCACTATTCCTATGGAGTTAATTCCACAGAGAAGGGAGATCTTTCCTCTGAGTCAACAGTCTCCAGAATAAGGACGGAGCATTTTCCCCTGACCCTGGAGTCTGCCAGGCCCTCACATACCTCTCAGTACCTCTGTGCCAGCAGTCGGACGCCCAACATTCAGTACTTCGGCGCCGGGACCCGGCTCTCAGTGCTGGAGGACCTGAAAAACGTGTTCCCACCCGAgGCGGCCGCgtttgagccatcagaagcagagatctcccacacccaaaaggccacactggtgtgcctggccacaggcttctaccccgaccacgtggagctgagctggtgggtgaatgggaaggaggtgcacagtggggtcagcacagacccgcagcccctcaaggagcagcccgccctcaatgactccagatactgcctgagcagccgcctgagggtctcggccaccttctggcagaacccccgcaaccacttccgctgtcaagtccagttctacgggctctcggagaatgacgagtggacccaggatagggccaaacctgtcacccagatcgtcagcgccgaggcctggggtagagcagactgtggcttcacctccgagtcttaccagcaaggggtcctgtctgccaccatcctctatgagatcttgctagggaaggccaccttgtatgccgtgctggtcagtgccctcgtgctgatggccatggtcaagagaaaggattccagaggcGGGAGCGGAGCCACGAACTTCTCTCTGTTAAAGCAAGCAGGAGACGTGGAAGAAAACCCCGGTCCTatgaactcctctctggactttctaattctgatcttaatgtttggaggaACTAGTGGTCAACAGCTGAATCAGAGTCCTCAATCTATGTTTATCCAGGAAGGAGAAGATGTCTCCATGAACTGCACTTCTTCAAGCATATTTAACACCTGGCTATGGTACAAGCAGGAACCTGGGGAAGGTCCTGTCCTCTTGATAGCCTTATATAAGGCTGGTGAATTGACCTCAAATGGAAGACTGACTGCTCAGTTTGGTATAACCAGAAAGGACAGCTTCCTGAATATCTCAGCATCCATACCTAGTGATGTAGGCATCTACTTCTGTGCTGGCACATACCAGAAAGTTACCTTTGGAACTGGAACAAAGCTCCAAGTCATCCCAAATATCCAGAACCCTGACCCTGCCGTGTACCAGCTGAGAGACTCTAAATCCAGTGACAAGTCTGCATGCctattcaccgattttgattctcaaacaaatgtgtcacaaagtaaggattctgatgtgtatatcacagacaaaactgtgctagacatgaggtctatggacttcaagagcaacagtgctgtggcctggagcaacaaatctgactttgcatgtgcaaacgccttcaacaacagcattattccagaagacaccttcttccccagcccagaaagttcctgtgatgtcaagctggtcgagaaaagctttgaaacagatacgaacctaaactttcaaaacctgtcagtgattgggttccgaatcctcctcctgaaagtggccgggtttaatctgctcatgacgctgcggctgtggtccagcTGActcgagggatcccgcccctctccctcccccccccctaacgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttattttccaccatattgccgtcttttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtcttcttgacgagcattcctaggggtctttcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcgtgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagcttcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgaccctttgcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtataagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgtgagttggatagttgtggaaagagtcaaatggctcacctcaagcgtattcaacaaggggctgaaggatgcccagaaggtaccccattgtatgggatctgatctggggcctcggtgcacatgctttacatgtgtttagtcgaggttaaaaaacgtctaggccccccgaaccacggggacgtggttttcctttgaaaaacacgatgataatatggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaaggagttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatcgagggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgaccaagggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctccaaggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgagggcttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccaggactcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttcccctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcggatgtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggacggcggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctgcccggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacaccatcgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctgtacaagtgaacgcgtctggaacaagctttttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggctttgggggggggctgtccccgtgagctcttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaagagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgcagactttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtataaggagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatctacagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatatccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgtcgaggtaggcgtgtacggtgggcgcctataaaagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagcaattccacaacacttttgtcttatacttATGCTCGAGGGAGTGCAGGTGGAGACTATCTCCCCAGGAGACGGGCGCACCTTCCCCAAGCGCGGCCAGACCTGCGTGGTGCACTACACCGGGATGCTTGAAGATGGAAAGAAAGTTGATTCCTCCCGGGACAGAAACAAGCCCTTTAAGTTTATGCTAGGCAAGCAGGAGGTGATCCGAGGCTGGGAAGAAGGGGTTGCCCAGATGAGTGTGGGTCAGAGAGCCAAACTGACTATATCTCCAGATTATGCCTATGGTGCCACTGGGCACCCAGGCATCATCCCACCACATGCCACTCTCGTCTTCGATGTGGAGCTTCTAAAACTGGAATCTGGCGGTGGATCCGGAGTCGACGGATTTGGTGATGTCGGTGCTCTTGAGAGTTTGAGGGGAAATGCAGATTTGGCTTACATCCTGAGCATGGAGCCCTGTGGCCACTGCCTCATTATCAACAATGTGAACTTCTGCCGTGAGTCCGGGCTCCGCACCCGCACTGGCTCCAACATCGACTGTGAGAAGTTGCGGCGTCGCTTCTCCTCGCTGCATTTCATGGTGGAGGTGAAGGGCGACCTGACTGCCAAGAAAATGGTGCTGGCTTTGCTGGAGCTGGCGCGGCAGGACCACGGTGCTCTGGACTGCTGCGTGGTGGTCATTCTCTCTCACGGCTGTCAGGCCAGCCACCTGCAGTTCCCAGGGGCTGTCTACGGCACAGATGGATGCCCTGTGTCGGTCGAGAAGATTGTGAACATCTTCAATGGGACCAGCTGCCCCAGCCTGGGAGGGAAGCCCAAGCTCTTTTTCATCCAGGCCTGTGGTGGGGAGCAGAAAGACCATGGGTTTGAGGTGGCCTCCACTTCCCCTGAAGACGAGTCCCCTGGCAGTAACCCCGAGCCAGATGCCACCCCGTTCCAGGAAGGTTTGAGGACCTTCGACCAGCTGGACGCCATATCTAGTTTGCCCACACCCAGTGACATCTTTGTGTCCTACTCTACTTTCCCAGGTTTTGTTTCCTGGAGGGACCCCAAGAGTGGCTCCTGGTACGTTGAGACCCTGGACGACATCTTTGAGCAGTGGGCTCACTCTGAAGACCTGCAGTCCCTCCTGCTTAGGGTCGCTAATGCTGTTTCGGTGAAAGGGATTTATAAACAGATGCCTGGTTGCTTTAATTTCCTCCGGAAAAAACTTTTCTTTAAAACATCAGTCGACTATCCGTACGACGTACCAGACTACGCACTCGACTAAaagctttttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggctttgggagggggctgtccccgtgagctcaatcaacctctggattacaaaatttgtgaaagattgactggtattcttaactatgttgctccttttacgctatgtggatacgctgctttaatgcattgtatcatgctattgatcccgtatggctttcattttctcctccttgtataaatcctggttgctgtctctttatgaggagttgtggcccgttgtcaggcaacgtggcgtggtgtgcactgtgtttgctgacgcaacccccactggttggggcattgccaccacctgtcagctcctttccgggactttcgctttccccctccctattgccacggcggaactcatcgccgcctgccttgcccgctgctggacaggggctcggctgttgggcactgacaattccgtggtgttgtcggggaagctgacgtcctttccatggctgctcgcctgtgttgccacctggattctgcgcgggacgtccttctgctacgtccatcggccctcaatccagcggaccttccttcccgcggcctgctgccggctctgcggcctcttccgcgtcttcgccttcgccctcagacgagtcggatctccctttgggccgcctccccgcctggaattaattctgcagtcgagacctagaaaaacatggagcaatcacaagtagcaatacagcagctaccaatgctgattgtgcctggctagaagcacaagaggaggaggaggtgggttttccagtcacacctcaggtacctttaagaccaatgacttacaaggcagctgtagatcttagccactttttaaaagaaaagaggggactggaagggctaattcactcccaacgaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtagtagttcatgtcatcttattattcagtatttataacttgcaaagaaatgaatatcagagagtgagaggccttgacattgctagcgtttaccgtcgacctctagctagagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaagaacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgatttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactatcattttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcgacggatcgggagatcaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctggatcaactggataactcaagctaaccaaaatcatcccaaacttcccaccccataccctattaccactgccaattacctgtggtttcatttactctaaacctgtgattcctctgaattattttcattttaaagaaattgtatttgttaaatatgtactacaaacttagtagt (SEQ ID NO: 22)pLVX-CMV-TCR3-pTert-iCas9 (FIG. 5):tggaagggctaattcactcccaaagaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgatcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtggcgcccgaacagggacttgaaagcgaaagggaaaccagaggagctctctcgacgcaggactcggcttgctgaagcgcgcacggcaagaggcgaggggcggcgactggtgagtacgccaaaaattttgactagcggaggctagaaggagagagatgggtgcgagagcgtcagtattaagcgggggagaattagatcgcgatgggaaaaaattcggttaaggccagggggaaagaaaaaatataaattaaaacatatagtatgggcaagcagggagctagaacgattcgcagttaatcctggcctgttagaaacatcagaaggctgtagacaaatactgggacagctacaaccatcccttcagacaggatcagaagaacttagatcattatataatacagtagcaaccctctattgtgtgcatcaaaggatagagataaaagacaccaaggaagctttagacaagatagaggaagagcaaaacaaaagtaagaccaccgcacagcaagcggccggccgctgatcttcagacctggaggaggagatatgagggacaattggagaagtgaattatataaatataaagtagtaaaaattgaaccattaggagtagcacccaccaaggcaaagagaagagtggtgcagagagaaaaaagagcagtgggaataggagctttgttccttgggttcttgggagcagcaggaagcactatgggcgcagcgtcaatgacgctgacggtacaggccagacaattattgtctggtatagtgcagcagcagaacaatttgctgagggctattgaggcgcaacagcatctgttgcaactcacagtctggggcatcaagcagctccaggcaagaatcctggctgtggaaagatacctaaaggatcaacagctcctggggatttggggttgctctggaaaactcatttgcaccactgctgtgccttggaatgctagttggagtaataaatctctggaacagatttggaatcacacgacctggatggagtgggacagagaaattaacaattacacaagataatacactccttaattgaagaatcgcaaaaccagcaagaaaagaatgaacaagaattattggaattagataaatgggcaagtttgtggaattggtttaacataacaaattggctgtggtatataaaattattcataatgatagtaggaggcttggtaggtttaagaatagtttttgctgtactttctatagtgaatagagttaggcagggatattcaccattatcgtttcagacccacctcccaaccccgaggggacccgacaggcccgaaggaatagaagaagaaggtggagagagagacagagacagatccattcgattagtgaacggatctcgacggtatcgcctttaaaagaaaaggggggattggggggtacagtgcaggggaaagaatagtagacataatagcaacagacatacaaactaaagaattacaaaaacaaattacaaaaattcaaaattttcgggtttattacagggacagcagagatccagtttatcgataagcttgggagttccgcgttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattaccatggtgatgcggttttggcagtacatcaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccaccccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaacaactccgccccattgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgactctactagaggatctatttccggtgAATTCGCCACCatgggcacaaggttgttcttctatgtggccctttgtctcctgtggaccggtcacatgGAAGCTGACATCTACCAGACCCCAAGATACCTTGTTATAGGGACAGGAAAGAAGATCACTCTGGAATGTTCTCAAACCATGGGCCATGACAAAATGTACTGGTATCAACAAGATCCAGGAATGGAACTACACCTCATCCACTATTCCTATGGAGTTAATTCCACAGAGAAGGGAGATCTTTCCTCTGAGTCAACAGTCTCCAGAATAAGGACGGAGCATTTTCCCCTGACCCTGGAGTCTGCCAGGCCCTCACATACCTCTCAGTACCTCTGTGCCAGCAGTCGGACGCCCAACATTCAGTACTTCGGCGCCGGGACCCGGCTCTCAGTGCTGgaggacctgaaaaacgtgttcccacccgaggtcgctgtgtttgagccatcagaagcagagatctcccacacccaaaaggccacACTAGTgtgcctggccacaggcttctaccccgaccacgtggagctgagctggtgggtgaatgggaaggaggtgcacagtggggtcagcacagacccgcagcccctcaaggagcagcccgccctcaatgactccagatactgcctgagcagccgcctgagggtctcggccaccttctggcagaacccccgcaaccacttccgctgtcaagtccagttctacgggctctcggagaatgacgagtggacccaggatagggccaaacctgtcacccagatcgtcagcgccgaggcctggggtagagcagactgtggcttcacctccgagtcttaccagcaaggggtcctgtctgccaccatcctctatgagatcttgctagggaaggccaccttgtatgccgtgctggtcagtgccctcgtgctgatggccatggtcaagagaaaggattccagaggcGGGAGCGGAGCCACGAACTTCTCTCTGTTAAAGCAAGCAGGAGACGTGGAAGAAAACCCCGGTCCTatggcaggcattcgagctttatttatgtacttgtggctgcagctggactgggtctcgagaGGTCAACAGCTGAATCAGAGTCCTCAATCTATGTTTATCCAGGAAGGAGAAGATGTCTCCATGAACTGCACTTCTTCAAGCATATTTAACACCTGGCTATGGTACAAGCAGGAACCTGGGGAAGGTCCTGTCCTCTTGATAGCCTTATATAAGGCTGGTGAATTGACCTCAAATGGAAGACTGACTGCTCAGTTTGGTATAACCAGAAAGGACAGCTTCCTGAATATCTCAGCATCCATACCTAGTGATGTAGGCATCTACTTCTGTGCTGGCACATACCAGAAAGTTACCTTTGGAACTGGAACAAAGCTCCAAGTCATCCCAaatatccagaaccctgaccctgccgtgtaccagctgagagactctaaatccagtgacaagtctgtctgcctattcaccgattttgattctcaaacaaatgtgtcacaaagtaaggattctgatgtgtatatcacagacaaaactgtgctagacatgaggtctatggacttcaagagcaacagtGCGGCCgcctggagcaacaaatctgactttgcatgtgcaaacgccttcaacaacagcattattccagaagacaccttcttccccagcccagaaagttcctgtgatgtcaagctggtcgagaaaagctttgaaacagatacgaacctaaactttcaaaacctgtcagtgattgggttccgaatcctcctcctgaaagtggccgggtttaatctgctcatgacgctgcggctgtggtccagcTGActcgagggatcccgcccctctccctcccccccccctaacgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttattttccaccatattgccgtcttttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtcttcttgacgagcattcctaggggtattcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcgtgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagcttcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgaccctttgcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtataagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgtgagttggatagttgtggaaagagtcaaatggctcacctcaagcgtattcaacaaggggctgaaggatgcccagaaggtaccccattgtatgggatctgatctggggcctcggtgcacatgctttacatgtgtttagtcgaggttaaaaaacgtctaggccccccgaaccacggggacgtggttttcctttgaaaaacacgatgataatatggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaaggagttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatcgagggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgaccaagggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctccaaggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgagggcttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccaggactcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttcccctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcggatgtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggacggcggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctgcccggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacaccatcgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctgtacaagtgaacgcgtctggaacaagattttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggctttgggggggggctgtccccgtgagctcttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaagagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgcagactttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtataaggagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatctacagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatatccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgtcgaggtaggcgtgtacggtgggcgcctataaaagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagcaattccacaacacttttgtcttatacttATGCTCGAGGGAGTGCAGGTGGAGACTATCTCCCCAGGAGACGGGCGCACCTTCCCCAAGCGCGGCCAGACCTGCGTGGTGCACTACACCGGGATGCTTGAAGATGGAAAGAAAGTTGATTCCTCCCGGGACAGAAACAAGCCCTTTAAGTTTATGCTAGGCAAGCAGGAGGTGATCCGAGGCTGGGAAGAAGGGGTTGCCCAGATGAGTGTGGGTCAGAGAGCCAAACTGACTATATCTCCAGATTATGCCTATGGTGCCACTGGGCACCCAGGCATCATCCCACCACATGCCACTCTCGTCTTCGATGTGGAGCTTCTAAAACTGGAATCTGGCGGTGGATCCGGAGTCGACGGATTTGGTGATGTCGGTGCTCTTGAGAGTTTGAGGGGAAATGCAGATTTGGCTTACATCCTGAGCATGGAGCCCTGTGGCCACTGCCTCATTATCAACAATGTGAACTTCTGCCGTGAGTCCGGGCTCCGCACCCGCACTGGCTCCAACATCGACTGTGAGAAGTTGCGGCGTCGCTTCTCCTCGCTGCATTTCATGGTGGAGGTGAAGGGCGACCTGACTGCCAAGAAAATGGTGCTGGCTTTGCTGGAGCTGGCGCGGCAGGACCACGGTGCTCTGGACTGCTGCGTGGTGGTCATTCTCTCTCACGGCTGTCAGGCCAGCCACCTGCAGTTCCCAGGGGCTGTCTACGGCACAGATGGATGCCCTGTGTCGGTCGAGAAGATTGTGAACATCTTCAATGGGACCAGCTGCCCCAGCCTGGGAGGGAAGCCCAAGCTCTTTTTCATCCAGGCCTGTGGTGGGGAGCAGAAAGACCATGGGTTTGAGGTGGCCTCCACTTCCCCTGAAGACGAGTCCCCTGGCAGTAACCCCGAGCCAGATGCCACCCCGTTCCAGGAAGGTTTGAGGACCTTCGACCAGCTGGACGCCATATCTAGTTTGCCCACACCCAGTGACATCTTTGTGTCCTACTCTACTTTCCCAGGTTTTGTTTCCTGGAGGGACCCCAAGAGTGGCTCCTGGTACGTTGAGACCCTGGACGACATCTTTGAGCAGTGGGCTCACTCTGAAGACCTGCAGTCCCTCCTGCTTAGGGTCGCTAATGCTGTTTCGGTGAAAGGGATTTATAAACAGATGCCTGGTTGCTTTAATTTCCTCCGGAAAAAACTTTTCTTTAAAACATCAGTCGACTATCCGTACGACGTACCAGACTACGCACTCGACTAAaagattttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggattgggagggggctgtccccgtgagctcaatcaacctctggattacaaaatttgtgaaagattgactggtattcttaactatgttgctccttttacgctatgtggatacgctgctttaatgcctttgtatcatgctattgcttcccgtatggctttcattttctcctccttgtataaatcctggttgctgtctctttatgaggagttgtggcccgttgtcaggcaacgtggcgtggtgtgcactgtgtttgctgacgcaacccccactggttggggcattgccaccacctgtcagctcctttccgggactttcgctttccccctccctattgccacggcggaactcatcgccgcctgccttgcccgctgctggacaggggctcggctgttgggcactgacaattccgtggtgttgtcggggaagctgacgtcctttccatggctgctcgcctgtgttgccacctggattctgcgcgggacgtccttctgctacgtcccttcggccctcaatccagcggaccttccttcccgcggcctgctgccggctctgcggcctcttccgcgtcttcgccttcgccctcagacgagtcggatctccctttgggccgcctccccgcctggaattaattctgcagtcgagacctagaaaaacatggagcaatcacaagtagcaatacagcagctaccaatgctgattgtgcctggctagaagcacaagaggaggaggaggtgggttttccagtcacacctcaggtacctttaagaccaatgacttacaaggcagctgtagatcttagccactttttaaaagaaaagaggggactggaagggctaattcactcccaacgaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtagtagttcatgtcatcttattattcagtatttataacttgcaaagaaatgaatatcagagagtgagaggccttgacattgctagcgtttaccgtcgacctctagctagagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaagaacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcgacggatcgggagatcaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctggatcaactggataactcaagctaaccaaaatcatcccaaacttcccaccccataccctattaccactgccaattacctgtggtttcatttactctaaacctgtgattcctctgaattattttcattttaaagaaattgtatttgttaaatatgtactacaaacttagtagt (SEQ IDNO: 23) pLVX-CMV-TCR4-pTert-iCas9 (FIG. 6):tggaagggctaattcactcccaaagaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgatcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtggcgcccgaacagggacttgaaagcgaaagggaaaccagaggagctctctcgacgcaggactcggcttgctgaagcgcgcacggcaagaggcgaggggcggcgactggtgagtacgccaaaaattttgactagcggaggctagaaggagagagatgggtgcgagagcgtcagtattaagcgggggagaattagatcgcgatgggaaaaaattcggttaaggccagggggaaagaaaaaatataaattaaaacatatagtatgggcaagcagggagctagaacgattcgcagttaatcctggcctgttagaaacatcagaaggctgtagacaaatactgggacagctacaaccatcccttcagacaggatcagaagaacttagatcattatataatacagtagcaaccctctattgtgtgcatcaaaggatagagataaaagacaccaaggaagctttagacaagatagaggaagagcaaaacaaaagtaagaccaccgcacagcaagcggccggccgctgatcttcagacctggaggaggagatatgagggacaattggagaagtgaattatataaatataaagtagtaaaaattgaaccattaggagtagcacccaccaaggcaaagagaagagtggtgcagagagaaaaaagagcagtgggaataggagctttgttccttgggttcttgggagcagcaggaagcactatgggcgcagcgtcaatgacgctgacggtacaggccagacaattattgtctggtatagtgcagcagcagaacaatttgctgagggctattgaggcgcaacagcatctgttgcaactcacagtctggggcatcaagcagctccaggcaagaatcctggctgtggaaagatacctaaaggatcaacagctcctggggatttggggttgctctggaaaactcatttgcaccactgctgtgccttggaatgctagttggagtaataaatctctggaacagatttggaatcacacgacctggatggagtgggacagagaaattaacaattacacaagataatacactccttaattgaagaatcgcaaaaccagcaagaaaagaatgaacaagaattattggaattagataaatgggcaagtttgtggaattggtttaacataacaaattggctgtggtatataaaattattcataatgatagtaggaggcttggtaggtttaagaatagtttttgctgtactttctatagtgaatagagttaggcagggatattcaccattatcgtttcagacccacctcccaaccccgaggggacccgacaggcccgaaggaatagaagaagaaggtggagagagagacagagacagatccattcgattagtgaacggatctcgacggtatcgcctttaaaagaaaaggggggattggggggtacagtgcaggggaaagaatagtagacataatagcaacagacatacaaactaaagaattacaaaaacaaattacaaaaattcaaaattttcgggtttattacagggacagcagagatccagtttatcgataagcttgggagttccgcgttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattaccatggtgatgcggttttggcagtacatcaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccaccccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaacaactccgccccattgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgactctactagaggatctatttccggtgAATTCGCCACCatgggaatcaggctcctgtgtcgtgtggccttttgtttcctggctgtaggactagtaGAAGCTGACATCTACCAGACCCCAAGATACCTTGTTATAGGGACAGGAAAGAAGATCACTCTGGAATGTTCTCAAACCATGGGCCATGACAAAATGTACTGGTATCAACAAGATCCAGGAATGGAACTACACCTCATCCACTATTCCTATGGAGTTAATTCCACAGAGAAGGGAGATCTTTCCTCTGAGTCAACAGTCTCCAGAATAAGGACGGAGCATTTTCCCCTGACCCTGGAGTCTGCCAGGCCCTCACATACCTCTCAGTACCTCTGTGCCAGCAGTCGGACGCCCAACATTCAGTACTTCGGCGCCGGGACCCGGCTCTCAGTGCTGgaggacctgaaaaacgtgttcccacccgaggtcgctgtgtttgagccatcagaagcagagatctcccacacccaaaaggccacACTgGCAtgcctggccacaggcttctaccccgaccacgtggagctgagctggtgggtgaatgggaaggaggtgcacagtggggtcagcacagacccgcagcccctcaaggagcagcccgccctcaatgactccagatactgcctgagcagccgcctgagggtctcggccaccttctggcagaacccccgcaaccacttccgctgtcaagtccagttctacgggctctcggagaatgacgagtggacccaggatagggccaaacctgtcacccagatcgtcagcgccgaggcctggggtagagcagactgtggcttcacctccgagtcttaccagcaaggggtcctgtctgccaccatcctctatgagatcttgctagggaaggccaccttgtatgccgtgctggtcagtgccctcgtgctgatggccatggtcaagagaaaggattccagaggcGGGAGCGGAGCCACGAACTTCTCTCTGTTAAAGCAAGCAGGAGACGTGGAAGAAAACCCCGGTCCTatgacacgagttagcttgctgtgggcagtcgtggtctccacctgtctcgagtccggcatgGGTCAACAGCTGAATCAGAGTCCTCAATCTATGTTTATCCAGGAAGGAGAAGATGTCTCCATGAACTGCACTTCTTCAAGCATATTTAACACCTGGCTATGGTACAAGCAGGAACCTGGGGAAGGTCCTGTCCTCTTGATAGCCTTATATAAGGCTGGTGAATTGACCTCAAATGGAAGACTGACTGCTCAGTTTGGTATAACCAGAAAGGACAGCTTCCTGAATATCTCAGCATCCATACCTAGTGATGTAGGCATCTACTTCTGTGCTGGCACATACCAGAAAGTTACCTTTGGAACTGGAACAAAGCTCCAAGTCATCCCAaatatccagaaccctgaccctgccgtgtaccagctgagagactctaaatccagtgacaagtctgtctgcctattcaccgattttgattctcaaacaaatgtgtcacaaagtaaggattctgatgtgtatatcacagacaaaactgtgctagacatgaggtctatggacttcaagagcaacagtGCGGCCgcctggagcaacaaatctgactttgcatgtgcaaacgccttcaacaacagcattattccagaagacaccttcttccccagcccagaaagttcctgtgatgtcaagctggtcgagaaaagctttgaaacagatacgaacctaaactttcaaaacctgtcagtgattgggttccgaatcctcctcctgaaagtggccgggtttaatctgctcatgacgctgcggctgtggtccagcTGActcgagggatcccgcccctctccctcccccccccctaacgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttattttccaccatattgccgtcttttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtcttcttgacgagcattcctaggggtattcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcgtgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagcttcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgaccctttgcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtataagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgtgagttggatagttgtggaaagagtcaaatggctcacctcaagcgtattcaacaaggggctgaaggatgcccagaaggtaccccattgtatgggatctgatctggggcctcggtgcacatgctttacatgtgtttagtcgaggttaaaaaacgtctaggccccccgaaccacggggacgtggttttcctttgaaaaacacgatgataatatggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaaggagttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatcgagggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgaccaagggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctccaaggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgagggcttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccaggactcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttcccctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcggatgtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggacggcggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctgcccggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacaccatcgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctgtacaagtgaacgcgtctggaacaagctttttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggctttgggggggggctgtccccgtgagctcttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaagagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgcagactttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtataaggagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatctacagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatatccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgtcgaggtaggcgtgtacggtgggcgcctataaaagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagcaattccacaacacttttgtcttatacttATGCTCGAGGGAGTGCAGGTGGAGACTATCTCCCCAGGAGACGGGCGCACCTTCCCCAAGCGCGGCCAGACCTGCGTGGTGCACTACACCGGGATGCTTGAAGATGGAAAGAAAGTTGATTCCTCCCGGGACAGAAACAAGCCCTTTAAGTTTATGCTAGGCAAGCAGGAGGTGATCCGAGGCTGGGAAGAAGGGGTTGCCCAGATGAGTGTGGGTCAGAGAGCCAAACTGACTATATCTCCAGATTATGCCTATGGTGCCACTGGGCACCCAGGCATCATCCCACCACATGCCACTCTCGTCTTCGATGTGGAGCTTCTAAAACTGGAATCTGGCGGTGGATCCGGAGTCGACGGATTTGGTGATGTCGGTGCTCTTGAGAGTTTGAGGGGAAATGCAGATTTGGCTTACATCCTGAGCATGGAGCCCTGTGGCCACTGCCTCATTATCAACAATGTGAACTTCTGCCGTGAGTCCGGGCTCCGCACCCGCACTGGCTCCAACATCGACTGTGAGAAGTTGCGGCGTCGCTTCTCCTCGCTGCATTTCATGGTGGAGGTGAAGGGCGACCTGACTGCCAAGAAAATGGTGCTGGCTTTGCTGGAGCTGGCGCGGCAGGACCACGGTGCTCTGGACTGCTGCGTGGTGGTCATTCTCTCTCACGGCTGTCAGGCCAGCCACCTGCAGTTCCCAGGGGCTGTCTACGGCACAGATGGATGCCCTGTGTCGGTCGAGAAGATTGTGAACATCTTCAATGGGACCAGCTGCCCCAGCCTGGGAGGGAAGCCCAAGCTCTTTTTCATCCAGGCCTGTGGTGGGGAGCAGAAAGACCATGGGTTTGAGGTGGCCTCCACTTCCCCTGAAGACGAGTCCCCTGGCAGTAACCCCGAGCCAGATGCCACCCCGTTCCAGGAAGGTTTGAGGACCTTCGACCAGCTGGACGCCATATCTAGTTTGCCCACACCCAGTGACATCTTTGTGTCCTACTCTACTTTCCCAGGTTTTGTTTCCTGGAGGGACCCCAAGAGTGGCTCCTGGTACGTTGAGACCCTGGACGACATCTTTGAGCAGTGGGCTCACTCTGAAGACCTGCAGTCCCTCCTGCTTAGGGTCGCTAATGCTGTTTCGGTGAAAGGGATTTATAAACAGATGCCTGGTTGCTTTAATTTCCTCCGGAAAAAACTTTTCTTTAAAACATCAGTCGACTATCCGTACGACGTACCAGACTACGCACTCGACTAAaagattttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggctttgggagggggctgtccccgtgagctcaatcaacctctggattacaaaatttgtgaaagattgactggtattcttaactatgttgctccttttacgctatgtggatacgctgctttaatgcctttgtatcatgctattgcttcccgtatggctttcattttctcctccttgtataaatcctggttgctgtctctttatgaggagttgtggcccgttgtcaggcaacgtggcgtggtgtgcactgtgtttgctgacgcaacccccactggttggggcattgccaccacctgtcagctcctttccgggactttcgctttccccctccctattgccacggcggaactcatcgccgcctgccttgcccgctgctggacaggggctcggctgttgggcactgacaattccgtggtgttgtcggggaagctgacgtcctttccatggctgctcgcctgtgttgccacctggattctgcgcgggacgtccttctgctacgtcccttcggccctcaatccagcggaccttccttcccgcggcctgctgccggctctgcggcctatccgcgtatcgccttcgccctcagacgagtcggatctccattgggccgcctccccgcctggaattaattctgcagtcgagacctagaaaaacatggagcaatcacaagtagcaatacagcagctaccaatgctgattgtgcctggctagaagcacaagaggaggaggaggtgggttttccagtcacacctcaggtacctttaagaccaatgacttacaaggcagctgtagatcttagccactttttaaaagaaaagaggggactggaagggctaattcactcccaacgaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgatcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtagtagttcatgtcatcttattattcagtatttataacttgcaaagaaatgaatatcagagagtgagaggccttgacattgctagcgtttaccgtcgacctctagctagagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctatccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaagaacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactatcattttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcgacggatcgggagatcaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctggatcaactggataactcaagctaaccaaaatcatcccaaacttcccaccccataccctattaccactgccaattacctgtggtttcatttactctaaacctgtgattcctctgaattattttcattttaaagaaattgtatttgttaaatatgtactacaaacttagtagt (SEQ IDNO: 24) pLVX-CMV-TCR5-pTert-iCas9 (FIG. 7):tggaagggctaattcactcccaaagaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtggcgcccgaacagggacttgaaagcgaaagggaaaccagaggagctctctcgacgcaggactcggcttgctgaagcgcgcacggcaagaggcgaggggcggcgactggtgagtacgccaaaaattttgactagcggaggctagaaggagagagatgggtgcgagagcgtcagtattaagcgggggagaattagatcgcgatgggaaaaaattcggttaaggccagggggaaagaaaaaatataaattaaaacatatagtatgggcaagcagggagctagaacgattcgcagttaatcctggcctgttagaaacatcagaaggctgtagacaaatactgggacagctacaaccatcccttcagacaggatcagaagaacttagatcattatataatacagtagcaaccctctattgtgtgcatcaaaggatagagataaaagacaccaaggaagctttagacaagatagaggaagagcaaaacaaaagtaagaccaccgcacagcaagcggccggccgctgatcttcagacctggaggaggagatatgagggacaattggagaagtgaattatataaatataaagtagtaaaaattgaaccattaggagtagcacccaccaaggcaaagagaagagtggtgcagagagaaaaaagagcagtgggaataggagctttgttccttgggttcttgggagcagcaggaagcactatgggcgcagcgtcaatgacgctgacggtacaggccagacaattattgtctggtatagtgcagcagcagaacaatttgctgagggctattgaggcgcaacagcatctgttgcaactcacagtctggggcatcaagcagctccaggcaagaatcctggctgtggaaagatacctaaaggatcaacagctcctggggatttggggttgctctggaaaactcatttgcaccactgctgtgccttggaatgctagttggagtaataaatctctggaacagatttggaatcacacgacctggatggagtgggacagagaaattaacaattacacaagataatacactccttaattgaagaatcgcaaaaccagcaagaaaagaatgaacaagaattattggaattagataaatgggcaagtttgtggaattggtttaacataacaaattggctgtggtatataaaattattcataatgatagtaggaggcttggtaggtttaagaatagtttttgctgtactttctatagtgaatagagttaggcagggatattcaccattatcgtttcagacccacctcccaaccccgaggggacccgacaggcccgaaggaatagaagaagaaggtggagagagagacagagacagatccattcgattagtgaacggatctcgacggtatcgcctttaaaagaaaaggggggattggggggtacagtgcaggggaaagaatagtagacataatagcaacagacatacaaactaaagaattacaaaaacaaattacaaaaattcaaaattttcgggtttattacagggacagcagagatccagtttatcgataagcttgggagttccgcgttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattaccatggtgatgcggttttggcagtacatcaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccaccccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaacaactccgccccattgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgactctactagaggatctatttccggtgAATTCGCCACCatggcctccctgctcttcttctgtggggccttttatctcctgggaaccggttccatgGAAGCTGACATCTACCAGACCCCAAGATACCTTGTTATAGGGACAGGAAAGAAGATCACTCTGGAATGTTCTCAAACCATGGGCCATGACAAAATGTACTGGTATCAACAAGATCCAGGAATGGAACTACACCTCATCCACTATTCCTATGGAGTTAATTCCACAGAGAAGGGAGATCTTTCCTCTGAGTCAACAGTCTCCAGAATAAGGACGGAGCATTTTCCCCTGACCCTGGAGTCTGCCAGGCCCTCACATACCTCTCAGTACCTCTGTGCCAGCAGTCGGACGCCCAACATTCAGTACTTCGGCGCCGGGACCCGGCTCTCAGTGCTGgaggacctgaaaaacgtgttcccacccgaggtcgctgtgtttgagccatcagaagcagagatctcccacacccaaaaggccacACTAGTgtgcctggccacaggcttctaccccgaccacgtggagctgagctggtgggtgaatgggaaggaggtgcacagtggggtcagcacagacccgcagcccctcaaggagcagcccgccctcaatgactccagatactgcctgagcagccgcctgagggtctcggccaccttctggcagaacccccgcaaccacttccgctgtcaagtccagttctacgggctctcggagaatgacgagtggacccaggatagggccaaacctgtcacccagatcgtcagcgccgaggcctggggtagagcagactgtggcttcacctccgagtcttaccagcaaggggtcctgtctgccaccatcctctatgagatcttgctagggaaggccaccttgtatgccgtgctggtcagtgccctcgtgctgatggccatggtcaagagaaaggattccagaggcGGGAGCGGAGCCACGAACTTCTCTCTGTTAAAGCAAGCAGGAGACGTGGAAGAAAACCCCGGTCCTatgaactcctctctggactttctaattctgatcttaatgtttggaggaACTAGTGGTCAACAGCTGAATCAGAGTCCTCAATCTATGTTTATCCAGGAAGGAGAAGATGTCTCCATGAACTGCACTTCTTCAAGCATATTTAACACCTGGCTATGGTACAAGCAGGAACCTGGGGAAGGTCCTGTCCTCTTGATAGCCTTATATAAGGCTGGTGAATTGACCTCAAATGGAAGACTGACTGCTCAGTTTGGTATAACCAGAAAGGACAGCTTCCTGAATATCTCAGCATCCATACCTAGTGATGTAGGCATCTACTTCTGTGCTGGCACATACCAGAAAGTTACCTTTGGAACTGGAACAAAGCTCCAAGTCATCCCAAATATCCAGAACCCTGACCCTGCCGTGTACCAGCTGAGAGACTCTAAATCCAGTGACAAGTCTGCATGCctattcaccgattttgattctcaaacaaatgtgtcacaaagtaaggattctgatgtgtatatcacagacaaaactgtgctagacatgaggtctatggacttcaagagcaacagtgctgtggcctggagcaacaaatctgactttgcatgtgcaaacgccttcaacaacagcattattccagaagacaccttcttccccagcccagaaagttcctgtgatgtcaagctggtcgagaaaagctttgaaacagatacgaacctaaactttcaaaacctgtcagtgattgggttccgaatcctcctcctgaaagtggccgggtttaatctgctcatgacgctgcggctgtggtccagcTGActcgagggatcccgcccctctccctcccccccccctaacgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttattttccaccatattgccgtcttttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtatcttgacgagcattcctaggggtctttcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcgtgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagatcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgaccctttgcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtataagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgtgagttggatagttgtggaaagagtcaaatggctcacctcaagcgtattcaacaaggggctgaaggatgcccagaaggtaccccattgtatgggatctgatctggggcctcggtgcacatgctttacatgtgtttagtcgaggttaaaaaacgtctaggccccccgaaccacggggacgtggttttcctttgaaaaacacgatgataatatggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaaggagttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatcgagggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgaccaagggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctccaaggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgagggcttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccaggactcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttcccctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcggatgtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggacggcggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctgcccggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacaccatcgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctgtacaagtgaacgcgtctggaacaagctttttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggctttgggggggggctgtccccgtgagctcttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaagagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgcagactttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtataaggagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgaccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatctacagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatatccagtttactccctatcagtgatagagaacgtatgtcgaggtaggcgtgtacggtgggcgcctataaaagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagcaattccacaacacttttgtcttatacttATGCTCGAGGGAGTGCAGGTGGAGACTATCTCCCCAGGAGACGGGCGCACCTTCCCCAAGCGCGGCCAGACCTGCGTGGTGCACTACACCGGGATGCTTGAAGATGGAAAGAAAGTTGATTCCTCCCGGGACAGAAACAAGCCCTTTAAGTTTATGCTAGGCAAGCAGGAGGTGATCCGAGGCTGGGAAGAAGGGGTTGCCCAGATGAGTGTGGGTCAGAGAGCCAAACTGACTATATCTCCAGATTATGCCTATGGTGCCACTGGGCACCCAGGCATCATCCCACCACATGCCACTCTCGTCTTCGATGTGGAGCTTCTAAAACTGGAATCTGGCGGTGGATCCGGAGTCGACGGATTTGGTGATGTCGGTGCTCTTGAGAGTTTGAGGGGAAATGCAGATTTGGCTTACATCCTGAGCATGGAGCCCTGTGGCCACTGCCTCATTATCAACAATGTGAACTTCTGCCGTGAGTCCGGGCTCCGCACCCGCACTGGCTCCAACATCGACTGTGAGAAGTTGCGGCGTCGCTTCTCCTCGCTGCATTTCATGGTGGAGGTGAAGGGCGACCTGACTGCCAAGAAAATGGTGCTGGCTTTGCTGGAGCTGGCGCGGCAGGACCACGGTGCTCTGGACTGCTGCGTGGTGGTCATTCTCTCTCACGGCTGTCAGGCCAGCCACCTGCAGTTCCCAGGGGCTGTCTACGGCACAGATGGATGCCCTGTGTCGGTCGAGAAGATTGTGAACATCTTCAATGGGACCAGCTGCCCCAGCCTGGGAGGGAAGCCCAAGCTCTTTTTCATCCAGGCCTGTGGTGGGGAGCAGAAAGACCATGGGTTTGAGGTGGCCTCCACTTCCCCTGAAGACGAGTCCCCTGGCAGTAACCCCGAGCCAGATGCCACCCCGTTCCAGGAAGGTTTGAGGACCTTCGACCAGCTGGACGCCATATCTAGTTTGCCCACACCCAGTGACATCTTTGTGTCCTACTCTACTTTCCCAGGTTTTGTTTCCTGGAGGGACCCCAAGAGTGGCTCCTGGTACGTTGAGACCCTGGACGACATCTTTGAGCAGTGGGCTCACTCTGAAGACCTGCAGTCCCTCCTGCTTAGGGTCGCTAATGCTGTTTCGGTGAAAGGGATTTATAAACAGATGCCTGGTTGCTTTAATTTCCTCCGGAAAAAACTTTTCTTTAAAACATCAGTCGACTATCCGTACGACGTACCAGACTACGCACTCGACTAAaagctttttccccgtatccccccaggtgtctgcaggctcaaagagcagcgagaagcgttcagaggaaagcgatcccgtgccaccttccccgtgcccgggctgtccccgcacgctgccggctcggggatgcggggggagcgccggaccggagcggagccccgggcggctcgctgctgccccctagcgggggagggacgtaattacatccctgggggctttgggagggggctgtccccgtgagctcaatcaacctctggattacaaaatttgtgaaagattgactggtattcttaactatgttgctccttttacgctatgtggatacgctgctttaatgcctttgtatcatgctattgcttcccgtatggattcattttctcctccttgtataaatcctggttgctgtctctttatgaggagttgtggcccgttgtcaggcaacgtggcgtggtgtgcactgtgtttgctgacgcaacccccactggttggggcattgccaccacctgtcagctcctttccgggactttcgctttccccctccctattgccacggcggaactcatcgccgcctgccttgcccgctgctggacaggggctcggctgttgggcactgacaattccgtggtgttgtcggggaagctgacgtcctttccatggctgctcgcctgtgttgccacctggattctgcgcgggacgtccttctgctacgtcccttcggccctcaatccagcggaccttccttcccgcggcctgctgccggctctgcggcctcttccgcgtcttcgccttcgccctcagacgagtcggatctccctttgggccgcctccccgcctggaattaattctgcagtcgagacctagaaaaacatggagcaatcacaagtagcaatacagcagctaccaatgctgattgtgcctggctagaagcacaagaggaggaggaggtgggttttccagtcacacctcaggtacctttaagaccaatgacttacaaggcagctgtagatcttagccactttttaaaagaaaagaggggactggaagggctaattcactcccaacgaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtagtagttcatgtcatcttattattcagtatttataacttgcaaagaaatgaatatcagagagtgagaggccttgacattgctagcgtttaccgtcgacctctagctagagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcattctccatcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaagaacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctatactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgatttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactatcattttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcgacggatcgggagatcaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctggatcaactggataactcaagctaaccaaaatcatcccaaacttcccaccccataccctattaccactgccaattacctgtggtttcatttactctaaacctgtgattcctctgaattattttcattttaaagaaattgtatttgttaaatatgtactacaaacttagtagt (SEQ ID NO: 25) pLVX-CMV-TCR1 (FIG. 8):tggaagggctaattcactcccaaagaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtggcgcccgaacagggacttgaaagcgaaagggaaaccagaggagctctctcgacgcaggactcggcttgctgaagcgcgcacggcaagaggcgaggggcggcgactggtgagtacgccaaaaattttgactagcggaggctagaaggagagagatgggtgcgagagcgtcagtattaagcgggggagaattagatcgcgatgggaaaaaattcggttaaggccagggggaaagaaaaaatataaattaaaacatatagtatgggcaagcagggagctagaacgattcgcagttaatcctggcctgttagaaacatcagaaggctgtagacaaatactgggacagctacaaccatcccttcagacaggatcagaagaacttagatcattatataatacagtagcaaccctctattgtgtgcatcaaaggatagagataaaagacaccaaggaagctttagacaagatagaggaagagcaaaacaaaagtaagaccaccgcacagcaagcggccggccgctgatcttcagacctggaggaggagatatgagggacaattggagaagtgaattatataaatataaagtagtaaaaattgaaccattaggagtagcacccaccaaggcaaagagaagagtggtgcagagagaaaaaagagcagtgggaataggagctttgttccttgggttcttgggagcagcaggaagcactatgggcgcagcgtcaatgacgctgacggtacaggccagacaattattgtctggtatagtgcagcagcagaacaatttgctgagggctattgaggcgcaacagcatctgttgcaactcacagtctggggcatcaagcagctccaggcaagaatcctggctgtggaaagatacctaaaggatcaacagctcctggggatttggggttgctctggaaaactcatttgcaccactgctgtgccttggaatgctagttggagtaataaatctctggaacagatttggaatcacacgacctggatggagtgggacagagaaattaacaattacacaagataatacactccttaattgaagaatcgcaaaaccagcaagaaaagaatgaacaagaattattggaattagataaatgggcaagtttgtggaattggtttaacataacaaattggctgtggtatataaaattattcataatgatagtaggaggcttggtaggtttaagaatagtttttgctgtactttctatagtgaatagagttaggcagggatattcaccattatcgtttcagacccacctcccaaccccgaggggacccgacaggcccgaaggaatagaagaagaaggtggagagagagacagagacagatccattcgattagtgaacggatctcgacggtatcgcctttaaaagaaaaggggggattggggggtacagtgcaggggaaagaatagtagacataatagcaacagacatacaaactaaagaattacaaaaacaaattacaaaaattcaaaattttcgggtttattacagggacagcagagatccagtttatcgataagcttgggagttccgcgttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattaccatggtgatgcggttttggcagtacatcaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccaccccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaacaactccgccccattgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgactctactagaggatctatttccggtgAATTCGCCACCatgagcctcgggctcctgtgctgtggggccttttctctcctgtgggcaggaccggtgGAAGCTGACATCTACCAGACCCCAAGATACCTTGTTATAGGGACAGGAAAGAAGATCACTCTGGAATGTTCTCAAACCATGGGCCATGACAAAATGTACTGGTATCAACAAGATCCAGGAATGGAACTACACCTCATCCACTATTCCTATGGAGTTAATTCCACAGAGAAGGGAGATCTTTCCTCTGAGTCAACAGTCTCCAGAATAAGGACGGAGCATTTTCCCCTGACCCTGGAGTCTGCCAGGCCCTCACATACCTCTCAGTACCTCTGTGCCAGCAGTCGGACGCCCAACATTCAGTACTTCGGCGCCGGGACCCGGCTCTCAGTGCTGGAGGACCTGAAAAACGTGTTCCCACCCGAACTAGTCgtgtttgagccatcagaagcagagatctcccacacccaaaaggccacactggtgtgcctggccacaggcttctaccccgaccacgtggagctgagctggtgggtgaatgggaaggaggtgcacagtggggtcagcacagacccgcagcccctcaaggagcagcccgccctcaatgactccagatactgcctgagcagccgcctgagggtctcggccaccttctggcagaacccccgcaaccacttccgctgtcaagtccagttctacgggctctcggagaatgacgagtggacccaggatagggccaaacctgtcacccagatcgtcagcgccgaggcctggggtagagcagactgtggatcacctccgagtataccagcaaggggtcctgtctgccaccatcctctatgagatcttgctagggaaggccaccttgtatgccgtgctggtcagtgccctcgtgctgatggccatggtcaagagaaaggattccagaggcGGGAGCGGAGCCACGAACTTCTCTCTGTTAAAGCAAGCAGGAGACGTGGAAGAAAACCCCGGTCCTatgacacgagttagcttgctgtgggcagtcgtggtctccacctgtctcgagtccggcatgGGTCAACAGCTGAATCAGAGTCCTCAATCTATGTTTATCCAGGAAGGAGAAGATGTCTCCATGAACTGCACTTCTTCAAGCATATTTAACACCTGGCTATGGTACAAGCAGGAACCTGGGGAAGGTCCTGTCCTCTTGATAGCCTTATATAAGGCTGGTGAATTGACCTCAAATGGAAGACTGACTGCTCAGTTTGGTATAACCAGAAAGGACAGCTTCCTGAATATCTCAGCATCCATACCTAGTGATGTAGGCATCTACTTCTGTGCTGGCACATACCAGAAAGTTACCTTTGGAACTGGAACAAAGCTCCAAGTCATCCCAAATATCCAGAACCCTGACCCTGCCGTGTACCAGCTGAGAGACTCTAAATCCAGTGACAAGTCTGTCTGCctattcaccgattttgattctcaaacaaatgtgtcacaaagtaaggattctgatgtgtatatcacagacaaaactgtgctagacatgaggtctatggacttcaagagcaacagtgctgtggcctggagcaacaaatctgactttgcatgcgcaaacgccttcaacaacagcattattccagaagacaccttcttccccagcccagaaagttcctgtgatgtcaagctggtcgagaaaagctttgaaacagatacgaacctaaactttcaaaacctgtcagtgattgggttccgaatcctcctcctgaaagtggccgggtttaatctgctcatgacgctgcggctgtggtccagcTGActcgagggatcccgcccctctccctcccccccccctaacgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttattttccaccatattgccgtcttttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtcttcttgacgagcattcctaggggtctttcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcgtgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagatcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgaccctttgcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtataagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgtgagttggatagttgtggaaagagtcaaatggctcacctcaagcgtattcaacaaggggctgaaggatgcccagaaggtaccccattgtatgggatctgatctggggcctcggtgcacatgattacatgtgtttagtcgaggttaaaaaacgtctaggccccccgaaccacggggacgtggttttcctttgaaaaacacgatgataatatggtgagcaagggcgaggaggataacatggccatcatcaaggagttcatgcgcttcaaggtgcacatggagggctccgtgaacggccacgagttcgagatcgagggcgagggcgagggccgcccctacgagggcacccagaccgccaagctgaaggtgaccaagggtggccccctgcccttcgcctgggacatcctgtcccctcagttcatgtacggctccaaggcctacgtgaagcaccccgccgacatccccgactacttgaagctgtccttccccgagggcttcaagtgggagcgcgtgatgaacttcgaggacggcggcgtggtgaccgtgacccaggactcctccctgcaggacggcgagttcatctacaaggtgaagctgcgcggcaccaacttcccctccgacggccccgtaatgcagaagaagaccatgggctgggaggcctcctccgagcggatgtaccccgaggacggcgccctgaagggcgagatcaagcagaggctgaagctgaaggacggcggccactacgacgctgaggtcaagaccacctacaaggccaagaagcccgtgcagctgcccggcgcctacaacgtcaacatcaagttggacatcacctcccacaacgaggactacaccatcgtggaacagtacgaacgcgccgagggccgccactccaccggcggcatggacgagctgtacaagtgaacgcgtctggaacaatcaacctctggattacaaaatttgtgaaagattgactggtattcttaactatgttgctccttttacgctatgtggatacgctgctttaatgcctttgtatcatgctattgatcccgtatggctttcattttctcctccttgtataaatcctggttgctgtctctttatgaggagttgtggcccgttgtcaggcaacgtggcgtggtgtgcactgtgtttgctgacgcaacccccactggttggggcattgccaccacctgtcagctcctttccgggactttcgctttccccctccctattgccacggcggaactcatcgccgcctgccttgcccgctgctggacaggggctcggctgttgggcactgacaattccgtggtgttgtcggggaagctgacgtcctttccatggctgctcgcctgtgttgccacctggattctgcgcgggacgtccttctgctacgtcccttcggccctcaatccagcggaccttccttcccgcggcctgctgccggctctgcggcctatccgcgtatcgccttcgccctcagacgagtcggatctccctttgggccgcctccccgcctggaattaattctgcagtcgagacctagaaaaacatggagcaatcacaagtagcaatacagcagctaccaatgctgattgtgcctggctagaagcacaagaggaggaggaggtgggttttccagtcacacctcaggtacctttaagaccaatgacttacaaggcagctgtagatcttagccactttttaaaagaaaagaggggactggaagggctaattcactcccaacgaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtagtagttcatgtcatcttattattcagtatttataacttgcaaagaaatgaatatcagagagtgagaggccttgacattgctagcgtttaccgtcgacctctagctagagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcatagctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaagaacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcgacggatcgggagatcaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctggatcaactggataactcaagctaaccaaaatcatcccaaacttcccaccccataccctattaccactgccaattacctgtggtttcatttactctaaacctgtgattcctctgaattattttcattttaaagaaattgtatttgttaaatatgtactacaaacttagtagt (SEQ ID NO: 26)pLVX-CMV-TCR2 (FIG. 9):tggaagggctaattcactcccaaagaagacaagatatccttgatctgtggatctaccacacacaaggctacttccctgattagcagaactacacaccagggccaggggtcagatatccactgacctttggatggtgctacaagctagtaccagttgagccagataaggtagaagaggccaataaaggagagaacaccagcttgttacaccctgtgagcctgcatgggatggatgacccggagagagaagtgttagagtggaggtttgacagccgcctagcatttcatcacgtggcccgagagctgcatccggagtacttcaagaactgctgatatcgagcttgctacaagggactttccgctggggactttccagggaggcgtggcctgggcgggactggggagtggcgagccctcagatcctgcatataagcagctgctttttgcctgtactgggtctctctggttagaccagatctgagcctgggagctctctggctaactagggaacccactgcttaagcctcaataaagcttgccttgagtgcttcaagtagtgtgtgcccgtctgttgtgtgactctggtaactagagatccctcagacccttttagtcagtgtggaaaatctctagcagtggcgcccgaacagggacttgaaagcgaaagggaaaccagaggagctctctcgacgcaggactcggcttgctgaagcgcgcacggcaagaggcgaggggcggcgactggtgagtacgccaaaaattttgactagcggaggctagaaggagagagatgggtgcgagagcgtcagtattaagcgggggagaattagatcgcgatgggaaaaaattcggttaaggccagggggaaagaaaaaatataaattaaaacatatagtatgggcaagcagggagctagaacgattcgcagttaatcctggcctgttagaaacatcagaaggctgtagacaaatactgggacagctacaaccatcccttcagacaggatcagaagaacttagatcattatataatacagtagcaaccctctattgtgtgcatcaaaggatagagataaaagacaccaaggaagctttagacaagatagaggaagagcaaaacaaaagtaagaccaccgcacagcaagcggccggccgctgatcttcagacctggaggaggagatatgagggacaattggagaagtgaattatataaatataaagtagtaaaaattgaaccattaggagtagcacccaccaaggcaaagagaagagtggtgcagagagaaaaaagagcagtgggaataggagctttgttccttgggttcttgggagcagcaggaagcactatgggcgcagcgtcaatgacgctgacggtacaggccagacaattattgtctggtatagtgcagcagcagaacaatttgctgagggctattgaggcgcaacagcatctgttgcaactcacagtctggggcatcaagcagctccaggcaagaatcctggctgtggaaagatacctaaaggatcaacagctcctggggatttggggttgctctggaaaactcatttgcaccactgctgtgccttggaatgctagttggagtaataaatctctggaacagatttggaatcacacgacctggatggagtgggacagagaaattaacaattacacaagataatacactccttaattgaagaatcgcaaaaccagcaagaaaagaatgaacaagaattattggaattagataaatgggcaagtttgtggaattggtttaacataacaaattggctgtggtatataaaattattcataatgatagtaggaggcttggtaggtttaagaatagtttttgctgtactttctatagtgaatagagttaggcagggatattcaccattatcgtttcagacccacctcccaaccccgaggggacccgacaggcccgaaggaatagaagaagaaggtggagagagagacagagacagatccattcgattagtgaacggatctcgacggtatcgcctttaaaagaaaaggggggattggggggtacagtgcaggggaaagaatagtagacataatagcaacagacatacaaactaaagaattacaaaaacaaattacaaaaattcaaaattttcgggtttattacagggacagcagagatccagtttatcgataagcttgggagttccgcgttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattaccatggtgatgcggttttggcagtacatcaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccaccccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaacaactccgccccattgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcagatcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgactctactagaggatctatttccggtgAATTCGCCACCatgggacccaggctcctatctgggcactgattgtctcctcggaaCCGGTCCGGTTGAAGCTGACATCTACCAGACCCCAAGATACCTTGTTATAGGGACAGGAAAGAAGATCACTCTGGAATGTTCTCAAACCATGGGCCATGACAAAATGTACTGGTATCAACAAGATCCAGGAATGGAACTACACCTCATCCACTATTCCTATGGAGTTAATTCCACAGAGAAGGGAGATCTTTCCTCTGAGTCAACAGTCTCCAGAATAAGGACGGAGCATTTTCCCCTGACCCTGGAGTCTGCCAGGCCCTCACATACCTCTCAGTACCTCTGTGCCAGCAGTCGGACGCCCAACATTCAGTACTTCGGCGCCGGGACCCGGCTCTCAGTGCTGGAGGACCTGAAAAACGTGTTCCCACCCGAgGCGGCCGCgtttgagccatcagaagcagagatctcccacacccaaaaggccacactggtgtgcctggccacaggcttctaccccgaccacgtggagctgagctggtgggtgaatgggaaggaggtgcacagtggggtcagcacagacccgcagcccctcaaggagcagcccgccctcaatgactccagatactgcctgagcagccgcctgagggtctcggccaccttctggcagaacccccgcaaccacttccgctgtcaagtccagttctacgggctctcggagaatgacgagtggacccaggatagggccaaacctgtcacccagatcgtcagcgccgaggcctggggtagagcagactgtggcttcacctccgagtcttaccagcaaggggtcctgtctgccaccatcctctatgagatcttgctagggaaggccaccttgtatgccgtgctggtcagtgccctcgtgctgatggccatggtcaagagaaaggattccagaggcGGGAGCGGAGCCACGAACTTCTCTCTGTTAAAGCAAGCAGGAGACGTGGAAGAAAACCCCGGTCCTatgaactcctctctggactttctaattctgatcttaatgtttggaggaACTAGTGGTCAACAGCTGAATCAGAGTCCTCAATCTATGTTTATCCAGGAAGGAGAAGATGTCTCCATGAACTGCACTTCTTCAAGCATATTTAACACCTGGCTATGGTACAAGCAGGAACCTGGGGAAGGTCCTGTCCTCTTGATAGCCTTATATAAGGCTGGTGAATTGACCTCAAATGGAAGACTGACTGCTCAGTTTGGTATAACCAGAAAGGACAGCTTCCTGAATATCTCAGCATCCATACCTAGTGATGTAGGCATCTACTTCTGTGCTGGCACATACCAGAAAGTTACCTTTGGAACTGGAACAAAGCTCCAAGTCATCCCAAATATCCAGAACCCTGACCCTGCCGTGTACCAGCTGAGAGACTCTAAATCCAGTGACAAGTCTGCATGCctattcaccgattttgattctcaaacaaatgtgtcacaaagtaaggattctgatgtgtatatcacagacaaaactgtgctagacatgaggtctatggacttcaagagcaacagtgctgtggcctggagcaacaaatctgactttgcatgtgcaaacgccttcaacaacagcattattccagaagacaccttcttccccagcccagaaagttcctgtgatgtcaagctggtcgagaaaagctttgaaacagatacgaacctaaactttcaaaacctgtcagtgattgggttccgaatcctcctcctgaaagtggccgggtttaatctgctcatgacgctgcggctgtggtccagcTGActcgagggatcccgcccctctccctcccccccccctaacgttactggccgaagccgcttggaataaggccggtgtgcgtttgtctatatgttattttccaccatattgccgtatttggcaatgtgagggcccggaaacctggccctgtatcttgacgagcattcctaggggtattcccctctcgccaaaggaatgcaaggtctgttgaatgtcgtgaaggaagcagttcctctggaagcttcttgaagacaaacaacgtctgtagcgaccctttgcaggcagcggaaccccccacctggcgacaggtgcctctgcggccaaaagccacgtgtataagatacacctgcaaaggcggcacaaccccagtgccacgttgt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In another aspect, the present technology provides a recombinant cellcomprising a vector, wherein the vector comprises (a) a vector backbone;and (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a secondpolynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysedT cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent in a compartment,optionally wherein the recombinant cell is a bacterial cell, mammaliancell, or a yeast cell. In other embodiments, the polynucleotidesencoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides are derived from asingle cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent. Additionally oralternatively, in some embodiments, the compartment containing thecontents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwellwithin a 96-well plate) or a droplet.

In one aspect, the present technology provides a recombinant TCR vectorlibrary comprising a plurality of vectors each comprising (a) a vectorbackbone; and (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide anda second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysedT cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent in a compartment. Inother embodiments, the polynucleotides encoding the paired T cellreceptor polypeptides are derived from a single cell, without the use ofan mRNA capture reagent. Additionally or alternatively, in someembodiments, the compartment containing the contents of the single lysedT cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwell within a 96-well plate) or adroplet.

In some embodiments, the TCR vector library comprises a TCR repertoire.Thus, in some embodiments, a TCR vector library is a full or partialcollection of the different TCRs produced in a single donor or subjectas a result of V(D)J rearrangement and/or T cell selection. In otherembodiments, a TCR vector library of the present disclosure comprises adefined collection of TCRs specifically selected for their bindingspecificities or other desired characteristics. For example, the TCRvector library can comprise a subset of TCRs that specifically bind to aparticular target cell, antigen, antigen:MHC complex, or combinationthereof. In these embodiments, the TCRs can be derived from a singledonor or subject, or more than one donor or subject.

In certain embodiments, each TCR in the TCR vector library isgenetically distinct and comprises a distinct binding specificity. Insome embodiments, the TCR vector comprises about 2 to about 5 differentTCRs, about 2 to about 10 different TCRs, about 5 to about 10 differentTCRs, about 5 to about 15 different TCRs, about 5 to about 20 differentTCRs, about 10 to about 30 different TCRs, about 10 to about 40different TCRs, about 10 to about 50 TCRs, about 20 to about 60different TCRs, about 25 to about 75 different TCRs, about 50 to about100 different TCRs, or greater than 100 different TCRs.

Precise molecular compositions can be advantageous for stability,efficacy, and/or safety of biotherapeutics. Thus, in certainembodiments, each vector and/or TCR in the TCR vector library ischaracterized to determine the nucleic acid and/or amino acid sequenceof the TCR and/or its binding specificity. In some embodiments,molecular characterization is performed by nucleic acid sequencing thevector or a part of the vector (e.g., the first polynucleotide and thesecond polynucleotide). In certain embodiments, molecularcharacterization is performed by analysis of the TCR protein using massspectrometry. In some embodiments, molecular characterization of the TCRvector library is performed by nucleic acid sequencing of 2 or more, or3 or more, or 4 or more, or 5 or more, or 6 or more, or 7 or more, or 8or more, or 9 or more, or 10 or more, or 15 or more, or 20 or more, or30 or more, or 40 or more, or 50 or more isolated colonies, eachcomprising a recombinant cell transformed with the TCR vector library(e.g., a bacterial cell). In some embodiments, the TCR vector library isrefined or selected by single-colony nucleic acid amplification andsequencing of transformed recombinant cells, followed by mixing ofdifferent vector colonies at a defined ratio to generate a definedmolecular library composition. In some embodiments, the selection ofindividual vectors for inclusion in the library is informed by aspectsof characterization and/or binding specificity of the starting library.Non-limiting examples of such aspects include TCR clonal prevalence, TCRenrichment characteristics from in vitro assays, TCR V segment sequence,TCR D segment sequence, TCR J segment sequence, TCR gene motifs, and/orCDR3 gene motifs.

In some embodiments, the ratio of vectors in the TCR vector library isadjusted or selected to optimize therapeutic activity of the library.For example, a TCR vector library comprising two TCRs may have a vectorratio of about 1:1, about 1:2, about 1:5, about 1:10, etc of eachvector. In another non-limiting example, a library comprising three TCRsmay have a vector ratio of about 1:1:1, about 2:1:1, about 2:2:1, etc ofeach vector.

In another aspect, the present technology provides an isolated immunecell comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a first polynucleotideencoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβpolypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptideand a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein thefirst and second polynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein thefirst polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNAof a single lysed T cell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNAof the single lysed T cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent ina compartment. In other embodiments, the polynucleotides encoding thepaired T cell receptor polypeptides are derived from a single cell,without the use of an mRNA capture reagent. Additionally oralternatively, in some embodiments, the compartment containing thecontents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwellwithin a 96-well plate) or a droplet. In some embodiments the immunecell is a hematopoietic stem cell, a hematopoietic progenitor cell, a Tcell, or an natural killer (NK) cell.

In one aspect, the present technology provides a cell populationcomprising a recombinant TCR vector library comprising a plurality ofvectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding aTCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδpolypeptide; wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognatepair, and wherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideare derived from mRNA of a single lysed T cell in a compartment. In someembodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is isolated using anmRNA capture reagent in a compartment. In other embodiments, thepolynucleotides encoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides arederived from a single cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent.Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartmentcontaining the contents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g.,a microwell within a 96-well plate) or a droplet. In some embodiments,the population comprises hematopoietic stem cells, hematopoieticprogenitor cells, T cells, or NK cells. In some embodiments, the cellpopulation comprises a full or partial TCR repertoire of a subject.

Additional aspects of the present technology relate to compositionscomprising a carrier and one or more vectors of the present technology.Alternatively, the compositions comprise a carrier and one or morerecombinant TCR vector libraries of the present technology. In anotherembodiment, the compositions comprise a carrier and one or more immunecells comprising one or more vectors of the present technology. In yetanother embodiment, the compositions comprise a carrier and a cellpopulation comprising a recombinant TCR vector library of the presenttechnology. Examples of well-known carriers include glass, polystyrene,polypropylene, polyethylene, dextran, nylon, amylases, natural andmodified celluloses, polyacrylamides, agaroses and magnetite. The natureof the carrier can be either soluble or insoluble for purposes of thedisclosure. Those skilled in the art will know of other suitablecarriers for binding vectors, cells, cell populations, or vectorlibraries or will be able to ascertain such, using routineexperimentation.

In some embodiments, the carrier is a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier. Pharmaceutical compositions of the present disclosure includingbut not limited to any one of the claimed compositions may comprise avector, library, cell, or cell population as described herein, incombination with one or more pharmaceutically or physiologicallyacceptable carriers, diluents or excipients. Such compositions maycomprise buffers such as neutral buffered saline, phosphate bufferedsaline and the like; carbohydrates such as glucose, mannose, sucrose ordextrans, mannitol; proteins; polypeptides or amino acids such asglycine; antioxidants; chelating agents such as EDTA or glutathione;adjuvants (e.g., aluminum hydroxide); and preservatives. Compositions ofthe present disclosure can be formulated for oral, intravenous, topical,enteral, and/or parenteral administration. In certain embodiments, thecompositions of the present disclosure are formulated for intravenousadministration.

II. Methods of Preparing the Compositions of the Present Technology

Provided herein is a method for preparing a recombinant TCR library, themethod comprising transforming a population of cells with a vectorlibrary comprising a plurality of vectors each comprising (a) a vectorbackbone; and (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide anda second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysedT cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent in a compartment. Inother embodiments, the polynucleotides encoding the paired T cellreceptor polypeptides are derived from a single cell, without the use ofan mRNA capture reagent. Additionally or alternatively, in someembodiments, the compartment containing the contents of the single lysedT cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwell within a 96-well plate) or adroplet. In some embodiments, the population comprises hematopoieticstem cells, hematopoietic progenitor cells, T cells, or NK cells.

In some embodiments of the method, the library is screened for specificbinding to a target cell. In certain embodiments, the target cell is acancer cell, a cell infected with a virus, a cell derived from a subjectinfected with a virus, a tumor cell, or a tissue biopsy cell isolatedfrom a subject suspected of having a viral infection or cancer.

In some embodiments of the method, the library is screened for specificbinding to an antigen:MHC complex. In some embodiments the antigen ofthe antigen:MHC complex is a viral antigen derived from a virus selectedfrom the group consisting of adenovirus, CMV, coronavirus,coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), enterovirus 71(EV71), Ebola virus, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B (HBV),cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D (HDV), hepatitis E(HEV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papillomavirus (HPV),herpes simplex virus (HSV), human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), influenzaA virus, influenza B virus, Japanese encephalitis, leukemia virus,measles virus, molluscum contagiosum, orf virus, parvovirus, rabiesvirus, respiratory syncytial virus, rift valley fever virus, rubellavirus, rotavirus, tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), simianimmunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus (TEV), varicella zostervirus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, and Chikungunya virus. Inother embodiments, the antigen of the antigen:MHC complex is a tumorantigen selected from the group consisting of CD45, glypican-3, IGF2B3,Kallikrein 4, KIF20A, Lengsin, Meloe, mucin 5AC (MUC5AC), survivin,cyclin-A1, MAGE-A1, MAGE-C1, MAGE-C2, SSX2, XAGE1b/GAGED2A, CD19, CD20,CD22, CD52, EGFR, HER2, TRAILR1, RANKL, IGF1R, EpCAM, and CEA.

In some embodiments of the method, the library is screened for T cellphenotypic markers. In certain embodiments, the T cell phenotypicmarkers identify expression of one or more TCR complex components, e.g.,TCRalpha, TCRbeta, TCRgamma, TCRdelta, CD3δ/ε, CD37γ/ε, and CD247 ζ/ζor/r. In some embodiments, the T cell phenotypic markers aid in theidentification of specific T cell subsets such as naïve CD8+ T cells,naïve CD4+ T cells, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ Cytotoxic T cells, gamma/delta Tcells, NKT cells, Th1 cells, Th2 cells, Th9 cells, Th22 cells, Tfollicular helper cells, Th17 cells, and regulatory T cells. Antibodiesspecific to cell surface markers suitable for identifying these T cellsubsets are known in the art and are available, for example, from R&DSystems. Screening can be performed by any method known in the artincluding but not limited to ELISA, Western blot, Northern blot, PCR,qPCR, and flow cytometry.

In certain embodiments of the method, the library is screened foractivity in a co-culture system, wherein the co-culture system comprisesat least one of the following: (a) a cancer cell line; (b) a pluralityof cells infected with a known virus; (c) a plurality of tumor cellsisolated from a cancer patient; (d) an immortalized cell line; or (e) aplurality of cells derived from a patient tissue biopsy. In someembodiments, activity is measured by assaying co-engagement of therecombinant TCR/CD3 complex and a co-stimulatory receptor, e.g., CD28.Co-engagement of these receptors on the cell surface leads tointracellular signaling events and the activation of nucleartranscription factors such as Nuclear Factor of Activated T cells(NFAT), NF-kB and AP-1. Specifically, engagement of the TCR/CD3 complexleads to the phosphorylation and activation of PLC-g, intracellularcalcium flux and transcriptional activation of NFAT pathway. In someembodiments, co-engagement of TCR/CD3 with the co-stimulatory receptorCD28 leads to activation of ERK/JNK and IkB kinase (IKK), which in turnregulates transcriptional activation of AP-1 and NF-kB pathways,respectively. The IL-2 promoter contains DNA binding sites for NFAT,NF-kB and AP-1. Therefore, co-engagement of TCR/CD3 and CD28 results inIL-2 production, which is commonly used as a functional readout for Tcell activation. In some embodiments, other endpoints used to measure Tcell activation include but are not limited to cell proliferation,cytotoxicity (death of the target cell), and production of additionalcytokines such as IFNγ. Kits suitable for measuring or detecting T cellactivity kits are available from, for example, Promega Corp. (T CellActivation Bioassay (IL-2)(a,b) (Cat. #J1651 and J1655)).

In some embodiments of the method, the transformed cells are activatedin vitro. In particular embodiments, activation is performed using oneor more of the following stimulants: anti-CD3 antibody, anti-CD8antibody, anti-CD27 antibody, IL-2, IL-4, IL-21, anti-PD1 antibody,anti-CTLA4 antibody, anti CD3/CD28 tetrameric antibody, tumor celllysate, cellular co-culture with virus-infected cells, and tumor celllines. T cell activation kits are available from, for example, MiltenyiBiotec (T cell Activation/Expansion Kit, human, cat #130-091-441).

In certain embodiments of the method, the population of cells istransformed with a transcription factor. In some embodiments, thetranscription factor is selected from the group consisting of forkheadbox P3 (FOXP3, Entrez gene: 50943, RefSeq mRNA: NM_001114377;NM_014009), PR domain zinc finger protein 1 (BLIMP-1, Entrez gene: 639,RefSeq mRNA: NM_001198; NM_182907), Helios (IKZF2, Entrez gene: 22807,RefSeq mRNA: NM_001079526.1; NM_016260.2, Uniprot: Q9UKS7), Ikaros(IKZF1, Entrez:gene: 10320, RefSeq mRNA: NM_001220765.2; NM_006060.6etc.; Uniprot: Q13422) and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta1, Entrez gene: 7040, RefSeq mRNA: NM_000660). FOXP3 is a proteininvolved in immune system responses and is thought to function as amaster regulator of the development and function of regulatory T cells.Regulatory T cells generally suppress the immune response. BLIMP-1 actsas a repressor of beta-interferon (0-IFN) gene expression. Regulatory Tcells release TGF-β1 to inhibit the actions of other T cells.Interleukin 1- and interleukin 2-dependent proliferation of activated Tcells, and the activation of quiescent helper T cells and cytotoxic Tcells is prevented by the activity of TGF-β1. Similarly, TGF-β1 caninhibit the secretion and activity of many other cytokines includinginterferon-α, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and variousinterleukins. It can also decrease the expression levels of cytokinereceptors, such as the IL-2 receptor to down-regulate the activity ofimmune cells. Non-limiting examples of transcription factor amino acidsequences are provided herein:

FOXP3 (UniProt Q9BZS1): (SEQ ID NO: 31)MPNPRPGKPSAPSLALGPSPGASPSWRAAPKASDLLGARGPGGTFQGRDLRGGAHASSSSLNPMPPSQLQLPTLPLVMVAPSGARLGPLPHLQALLQDRPHFMHQLSTVDAHARTPVLQVHPLESPAMISLTPPTTATGVFSLKARPGLPPGINVASLEWVSREPALLCTFPNPSAPRKDSTLSAVPQSSYPLLANGVCKWPGCEKVFEEPEDFLKHCQADHLLDEKGRAQCLLQREMVQSLEQQLVLEKEKLSAMQAHLAGKMALTKASSVASSDKGSCCIVAAGSQGPVVPAWSGPREAPDSLFAVRRHLWGSHGNSTFPEFLHNMDYFKFHNMRPPFTYATLIRWAILEAPEKQRTLNEIYHWFTRMFAFFRNHPATWKNAIRHNLSLHKCFVRVESEKGAVWTVDELEFRKKRSQRPSRCSNPTPGP BLIMP-1 (UniProt O75626):(SEQ ID NO: 32) MLDICLEKRVGTTLAAPKCNSSTVRFQGLAEGTKGTMKMDMEDADMTLWTEAEFEEKCTYIVNDHPWDSGADGGTSVQAEASLPRNLLFKYATNSEEVIGVMSKEYIPKGTRFGPLIGEIYTNDTVPKNANRKYFWRIYSRGELHHFIDGFNEEKSNWMRYVNPAHSPREQNLAACQNGMNIYFYTIKPIPANQELLVWYCRDFAERLHYPYPGELTMMNLTQTQSSLKQPSTEKNELCPKNVPKREYSVKEILKLDSNPSKGKDLYRSNISPLTSEKDLDDFRRRGSPEMPFYPRVVYPIRAPLPEDFLKASLAYGIERPTYITRSPIPSSTTPSPSARSSPDQSLKSSSPHSSPGNTVSPVGPGSQEHRDSYAYLNASYGTEGLGSYPGYAPLPHLPPAFIPSYNAHYPKFLLPPYGMNCNGLSAVSSMNGINNFGLFPRLCPVYSNLLGGGSLPHPMLNPTSLPSSLPSDGARRLLQPEHPREVLVPAPHSAFSFTGAAASMKDKACSPTSGSPTAGTAATAEHVVQPKATSAAMAAPSSDEAMNLIKNKRNMTGYKTLPYPLKKQNGKIKYECNVCAKTFGQLSNLKVHLRVHSGERPFKCQTCNKGFTQLAHLQKHYLVHTGEKPHECQVCHKRFSSTSNLKTHLRLHSGEKPYQCKVCPAKFTQFVHLKLHKRLHTRERPHKCSQCHKNYIHLCSLKVHLKGNCAAAPAPGLPLEDLTRINEEIEKFDISDNADRLEDVEDDISVISVVEKEILAVVRKEKEETGLKVSLQRNMGNGLLSSGCSLYESSDLPLMKLPPSNPLPLVPVKVKQETVEPMDP TGF-beta 1 (UniProt P01137): (SEQ ID NO: 33)MPPSGLRLLLLLLPLLWLLVLTPGRPAAGLSTCKTIDMELVKRKRIEAIRGQILSKLRLASPPSQGEVPPGPLPEAVLALYNSTRDRVAGESAEPEPEPEADYYAKEVTRVLMVETHNEIYDKFKQSTHSIYMFFNTSELREAVPEPVLLSRAELRLLRLKLKVEQHVELYQKYSNNSWRYLSNRLLAPSDSPEWLSFDVTGVVRQWLSRGGEIEGFRLSAHCSCDSRDNTLQVDINGFTTGRRGDLATIHGMNRPFLLLMATPLERAQHLQSSRHRRALDTNYCFSSTEKNCCVRQLYIDFRKDLGWKWIHEPKGYHANFCLGPCPYIWSLDTQYSKVLALYNQHNPGASAAPCCVPQALEPLPIVYYVGRKPKVEQLSNMIVRSCKCS

In some embodiments, the method further comprises administering aneffective amount of the recombinant TCR library prepared according tothe methods described herein to a subject in need thereof. In someembodiments, the subject in need thereof is suffering from cancer or aviral infection.

In another aspect, provided herein is a recombinant TCR library preparedby a method comprising transforming a population of cells with a vectorlibrary comprising a plurality of vectors each comprising (a) a vectorbackbone; and (b) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide anda second polynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell in a compartment. In some embodiments, the mRNA of the single lysedT cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent in a compartment. Inother embodiments, the polynucleotides encoding the paired T cellreceptor polypeptides are derived from a single cell, without the use ofan mRNA capture reagent. Additionally or alternatively, in someembodiments, the compartment containing the contents of the single lysedT cell is a microwell (e.g., a microwell within a 96-well plate) or adroplet. In some embodiments, the population comprises hematopoieticstem cells, hematopoietic progenitor cells, T cells, or NK cells.

In one aspect, the present technology provides a composition comprisinga carrier and the recombinant TCR library prepared by a method asdescribed herein. In some embodiments, the carrier is a pharmaceuticallyacceptable carrier.

III. Methods of Use

The methods of treatment described herein provide a format for isolationand use of specific TCRs that can be rapidly discovered, amplified, andreturned to the subject on a timescale that is relevant for bedsidetherapies (e.g., weeks, rather than months).

Accordingly, in one aspect, provided herein is a method of treating asubject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to thesubject an effective amount of a recombinant TCR library or acomposition comprising a recombinant TCR library, wherein therecombinant TCR library was prepared by a method comprising transforminga population of cells with a vector library comprising a plurality ofvectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding aTCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδpolypeptide; wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognatepair, and wherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideare derived from mRNA of a single lysed T cell in a compartment. In someembodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is isolated using anmRNA capture reagent in a compartment. In other embodiments, thepolynucleotides encoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides arederived from a single cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent.Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartmentcontaining the contents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g.,a microwell within a 96-well plate) or a droplet.

In another aspect, provided herein is a method of treating cancer in asubject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to thesubject an effective amount of a recombinant TCR library or acomposition comprising a recombinant TCR library, wherein therecombinant TCR library was prepared by a method comprising transforminga population of cells with a vector library comprising a plurality ofvectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding aTCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδpolypeptide; wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognatepair, and wherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideare derived from mRNA of a single lysed T cell in a compartment. In someembodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is isolated using anmRNA capture reagent in a compartment. In other embodiments, thepolynucleotides encoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides arederived from a single cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent.Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartmentcontaining the contents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g.,a microwell within a 96-well plate) or a droplet.

In some embodiments, the cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL);acute myeloid leukemia (AML); adrenocortical carcinoma; AIDS-relatedcancers; anal cancer; appendix cancer; astrocytomas; atypicalteratoid/rhabdoid tumor, brain cancer; basal cell carcinoma of the skin;bile duct cancer; bladder cancer; bone cancer; breast cancer; bronchialtumors; Burkitt lymphoma; carcinoid tumor (gastrointestinal); germ celltumor; primary CNS lymphoma; cervical cancer; cholangiocarcinoma;chordoma; chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL); chronic myelogenousleukemia (CML); chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms; colorectal cancer;craniopharyngioma; cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; ductal carcinoma in situ(DCIS); endometrial cancer; ependymoma; esophageal cancer;esthesioneuroblastoma; extracranial germ cell tumor; extragonadal germcell tumor; eye cancer; intraocular melanoma; retinoblastoma; fallopiantube cancer; fibrous histiocytoma of bone, malignant, and osteosarcoma;gallbladder cancer; gastric cancer; gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor;gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST); germ cell tumors; gestationaltrophoblastic disease; hairy cell leukemia; head and neck cancer; hearttumors; hepatocellular cancer; histiocytosis, Langerhans cell; Hodgkinlymphoma; hypopharyngeal cancer; intraocular melanoma; islet celltumors, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; kidney cancer; laryngealcancer; leukemia; lip and oral cavity cancer; liver cancer; lung cancer;lymphoma; male breast cancer; malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone andosteosarcoma; melanoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; mesothelioma; metastaticcancer; mouth cancer; multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome; multiplemyeloma/plasma cell neoplasms; mycosis fungoides; myelodysplasticsyndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasm, chronic; nasopharyngeal cancer;neuroblastoma; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; non-small cell lung cancer; oralcancer, oropharyngeal cancer; osteosarcoma; ovarian cancer; pancreaticcancer; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; papillomatosis; paraganglioma;paranasal sinus cancer; parathyroid cancer; pharyngeal cancer;pheochromocytoma; pituitary tumor; pleuropulmonary blastoma; prostatecancer; rectal cancer; recurrent cancer; renal cell cancer;retinoblastoma; rhabdomyosarcoma; salivary gland cancer; sarcoma; Ewingsarcoma; Kaposi sarcoma; osteosarcoma; uterine sarcoma; Sezary syndrome;skin cancer; small cell lung cancer; small intestine cancer; soft tissuesarcoma; squamous cell carcinoma of the skin; squamous neck cancer;stomach cancer; T cell lymphoma; testicular cancer; throat cancer;nasopharyngeal cancer; hypopharyngeal cancer; thymic carcinoma; thyroidcancer; urethral cancer; uterine cancer; vaginal cancer; vasculartumors; vulvar cancer; or Wilms tumor.

In one aspect, provided herein is a method of inhibiting tumor growth ina subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to thesubject an effective amount of a recombinant TCR library or acomposition comprising a recombinant TCR library, wherein therecombinant TCR library was prepared by a method comprising transforminga population of cells with a vector library comprising a plurality ofvectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a first polynucleotide encoding aTCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδpolypeptide; wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognatepair, and wherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideare derived from mRNA of a single lysed T cell in a compartment. In someembodiments, the mRNA of the single lysed T cell is isolated using anmRNA capture reagent in a compartment. In other embodiments, thepolynucleotides encoding the paired T cell receptor polypeptides arederived from a single cell, without the use of an mRNA capture reagent.Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the compartmentcontaining the contents of the single lysed T cell is a microwell (e.g.,a microwell within a 96-well plate) or a droplet. In some embodiments,the tumor is a solid tumor.

In another aspect, provided herein is a method of treating a viralinfection in a subject in need thereof, the method comprisingadministering to the subject an effective amount of a recombinant TCRlibrary or a composition comprising a recombinant TCR library, whereinthe recombinant TCR library was prepared by a method comprisingtransforming a population of cells with a vector library comprising aplurality of vectors each comprising (a) a vector backbone; and (b) afirst polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a secondpolynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (b) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRδ polypeptide; wherein the first and secondpolynucleotides are a cognate pair, and wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are derived from mRNA of a single lysed Tcell that was captured by an mRNA capture reagent in a compartment. Insome embodiments, the viral infection is caused by a virus selected fromthe group consisting of adenovirus, CMV, coronavirus, coxsackievirus,Dengue virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebolavirus, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B (HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV),hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D (HDV), hepatitis E (HEV), humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplexvirus (HSV), human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), influenza A virus,influenza B virus, Japanese encephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus,molluscum contagiosum, orf virus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratorysyncytial virus, rift valley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus,tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobaccoetch virus (TEV), varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zikavirus, and Chikungunya virus.

In some embodiments, the methods further comprise activating a suicideswitch to kill the cells or cell population comprising a vector with asuicide switch (e.g., i-caspase9), thereby reducing the risk of harm tothe patient. In some embodiments, the suicide switch is triggeredfollowing significant improvement or an apparent cure of the subject'scancer or infection, in order to reduce the risk of long-term sideeffects.

In certain embodiments, the methods further comprise pre-stimulating thecells in vitro prior to administration to achieve a desired TCR functionor T cell identity in vivo, as described in the methods of preparationabove.

In some embodiments, the methods further comprise co-expressing one ormore transcription factors in the recombinant cells to influence T celldevelopment into a potent anti-cancer or anti-viral phenotype, or toprevent the development of immunosuppressing Tregs, as described in themethods of preparation above.

Administration of the cells, libraries, cell populations, orcompositions can be effected in one dose, continuously, orintermittently throughout the course of treatment. Methods ofdetermining the most effective means and dosage of administration areknown to those of skill in the art and will vary with the compositionused for therapy, the purpose of the therapy and the subject beingtreated. Single or multiple administrations can be carried out with thedose level and pattern being selected by the treating physician.Suitable dosage formulations and methods of administering the agents areknown in the art. In a further aspect, the cells and composition of thepresent disclosure can be administered in combination with othertreatments. The cells and populations of cell are administered to thehost using methods known in the art and described, for example, inPCT/US2011/064191. This administration of the cells or compositions ofthe present disclosure can be done to generate an animal model of thedesired disease, disorder, or condition for experimental and screeningassays.

Compositions of the present disclosure may be administered in a mannerappropriate to the disease to be treated or prevented. The quantity andfrequency of administration will be determined by such factors as thecondition of the patient, and the type and severity of the patient'sdisease, although appropriate dosages may be determined by clinicaltrials.

In some embodiments, an effective dose of the recombinant TCR librarycomprises about 50 to about 10² cells, about 10² cells to about 10³cells, about 10² cells to about 10⁴ cells, about 10³ cells to about 10⁵cells, about 10⁴ cells to about 10⁶ cells, about 10⁵ cells to about 10⁷cells, about 10⁶ cells to about 10¹ cells, about 10⁷ cells to about 10⁹cells, or about 10⁸ cells to about 10¹⁰ cells. In particularembodiments, the effective dose comprises about 5×10⁵ cells to about1.5×10⁶ cells or about 1×10⁴ cells to about 5×10⁴ cells, about 5×10⁴cells to about 5×10⁵ cells, or about 2.5×10⁵ cells to about 7.5×10⁵cells.

In certain embodiments, the administration is repeated and/or modifiedas needed in response to the subject's specific response to therapyadministration. A repeat administration may be needed, for example, uponthe re-appearance of a cancer cells or virus in the subject in needthereof (e.g., tumor immune “escape”). In some embodiments, repeatedadministration comprises cells, libraries, cell populations, orcompositions prepared by a method that is distinct from the initialadministration (e.g., the repeat dose comprises an additional step ofpre-screening or pre-activating the T cells). In a particularembodiment, the methods of treatment provided herein further compriseadministering a second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth,ninth, tenth dose of the recombinant TCR library or the composition.

In some embodiments, the recombinant TCR library comprises cells thatare autologous or allogenic to the subject being treated.

Immunoassay andImaging. In some aspects, the recombinant TCR librarydisclosed herein can be used to assay for the presence of target cellsin a biological sample isolated from a subject (e.g. human plasma). Thetarget cells (e.g., cancer cells) can be detected by exposing therecombinant TCR library to the biological sample and assaying for TCRactivation and/or binding.

In addition to assaying for the presence of target cells, therecombinant TCR library disclosed herein can be used for in vivoimaging. Detectable labels that can be incorporated with the recombinantTCR library include those detectable by X-radiography, NMR or ESR. ForX-radiography, suitable labels include radioisotopes such as barium orcesium, which emit detectable radiation but are not overtly harmful tothe subject. Suitable markers for NMR and ESR include those with adetectable characteristic spin, such as deuterium, which can beincorporated into the TCR library. The TCR library which has beenlabeled with an appropriate detectable imaging moiety, such as aradioisotope (e.g., ¹³¹I, ¹¹²In, ⁹⁹mTc), a radio-opaque substance, or amaterial detectable by nuclear magnetic resonance, is introduced (e.g.,parenterally, subcutaneously, or intraperitoneally) into the subject. Itwill be understood in the art that the size of the subject and theimaging system used will determine the quantity of imaging moiety neededto produce diagnostic images. In the case of a radioisotope moiety, fora human subject, the quantity of radioactivity injected will normallyrange from about 5 to 20 millicuries of ⁹⁹mTc. The recombinant TCRlibrary will then preferentially accumulate at the location of targetcells. For example, in vivo tumor imaging is described in S. W. Burchielet al., Tumor Imaging: The Radiochemical Detection of Cancer 13 (1982).

Diagnostic Uses. The recombinant TCR library disclosed herein can beused for diagnostic methods. As such, the present disclosure providesmethods for using the recombinant TCR library disclosed herein in thediagnosis of cancer or viral infections in a subject. The diagnosticmethods comprise contacting a biological sample isolated from a subjectwith a recombinant TCR library of the present disclosure. Biologicalsamples can be obtained from any tissue (including biopsies), cell orbody fluid of a subject. The activity or binding of the recombinant TCRlibrary is assayed. If the recombinant TCR library is activated uponexposure to the biological sample, the subject's biological samplecontains cells that are recognized by the TCR library. Accordingly, thesubject is diagnosed with cancer or a viral infection.

Prognostic Uses. The recombinant TCR library disclosed herein can beused for prognostic methods. As such, the present disclosure providesmethods for using the recombinant TCR library disclosed herein inpredicting the prognosis of a subject with cancer or a viral infection.The prognostic methods comprise contacting a biological sample isolatedfrom a subject with a recombinant TCR library of the present disclosure.Biological samples can be obtained from any tissue (including biopsies),cell or body fluid of a subject. The activity or binding of therecombinant TCR library is assayed. If the recombinant TCR library isactivated upon exposure to the biological sample, the subject'sbiological sample contains cells that are recognized by the TCR library.Accordingly, the subject is identified as having or at risk fordeveloping cancer and/or solid tumors, or a viral infection.

In some embodiments, the subject is a human, an animal, a non-humanprimate, a dog, cat, a sheep, a mouse, a horse, or a cow. In aparticular embodiment, the subject is a human.

IV. Kits

As set forth herein, the present disclosure provides methods of TCRlibrary preparation, methods of treatment, diagnostic methods, andprognostic methods. In one particular aspect, the present disclosureprovides kits for performing these methods as well as instructions forcarrying out the methods of the present disclosure such as collectingdonor cells and/or performing a screen, and/or analyzing the results.

In some embodiments, the kit comprises, or alternatively consistsessentially of, or yet further consists of the recombinant TCR librarydisclosed herein, and instructions for use. In some embodiments, the kitcomprises, or alternatively consists essentially of, or yet furtherconsists of one or more vectors disclosed herein, and instructions foruse. In some embodiments, the kit comprises, or alternatively consistsessentially of, or yet further consists of a pharmaceutical compositionas disclosed herein, and instructions for use.

In some aspects, the kit can comprise: one or more vectors, cells,populations, or recombinant TCR libraries as disclosed herein; means fordetermining the amount of a reactive antigen or cell in a biologicalsample or means of assaying the activity of the TCR library; and meansfor comparison with a standard.

The kit components, (e.g., reagents) can be packaged in a suitablecontainer. For example, these suggested kit components may be providedin solution or as a liquid dispersion or the like. The kit can alsocomprise, e.g., a buffering agent, a preservative or aprotein-stabilizing agent. The kit can further comprise componentsnecessary for detecting a detectable-label, e.g., an enzyme or asubstrate. The kit can also contain a control sample or a series ofcontrol samples, which can be assayed and compared to the test sample.Each component of the kit can be enclosed within an individual containerand all of the various containers can be within a single package, alongwith instructions for interpreting the results of the assays performedusing the kit. The kits of the present disclosure may contain a writtenproduct on or in the kit container. The written product describes how touse the reagents contained in the kit.

EXAMPLES

The present technology is further illustrated by the following Examples,which should not be construed as limiting in any way.

Example 1: Paired Native TCRα:β Amplicon Generation and Cloning intoExpression Vectors

First, a population of human T cells were isolated for the collection ofpaired TCRα:β amplicons as a source of natively paired T cell receptorgenes. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were isolated fromanticoagulated whole blood from healthy human patients usingHistopaque®-1077 by centrifugation at 400×g for 30 minutes. Afterremoving the upper plasma layer, the mononuclear cells between theplasma and Histopaque®-1077 were collected and resuspended in phosphatebuffered saline. Cells were mixed gently and centrifuge at 250×g for 10min for the removal of the platelets. Removed the supernatant andresuspended cell pellet with PBMCs culture media (RPMI with 10% fetalbovine serum) or cell freezing media (RPMI with 10% fetal bovine serumand 10% DMSO) for cryopreservation.

PBMCs were then cultured with RPMI-media supplied with 10% fetal bovineserum for 4 hours before the emulsion PCR for amplifying the full-lengthT cell receptor alpha and beta chain, Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate(PMA) and ionomycin were added to the PBMC culture media to a finalconcentration of 100 ng/mL for stimulation of T cells. A customflow-focusing nozzle was used to isolate single PBMC cells into emulsiondroplets with cell lysis buffer and poly(dT) beads which capture mRNA(Ref #1-4). The nozzle design ensured that cells are not exposed tolysis buffer until after they are isolated into single droplets. Withinthe droplet, cells were co-encapsulated with lysis reagents to releasemRNA and poly(dT) magnetic beads for mRNA capture and purification.Emulsions were broken using diethyl ether, whereas poly(dT) beads wererecovered and washed using first high-salt hybridization buffers andthen PCR buffers. The beads were then re-emulsified in an overlapextension reverse transcription PCR OE-RTRT-PCR mix with primers adaptedfrom Boria et al. (Ref #5) specific for the TCR alpha and beta chainsequences with the incorporation of restriction enzyme sequences and Tcell receptor leader sequences for downstream cloning. The linkersequence was also included to enable the physical linkage of the TCR αand β chain during the TCR OE-RT-PCR. SuperScript™ III One-Step RT-PCRSystem with Platinum™ Taq DNA Polymerase was used for the emulsion PCRreagent. OE-PCR thermocycling conditions are provided in Table 3 andprimer sequences are provided in Table 4.

TABLE 3 OE-PCR thermocycling conditions Cycle Temperature Time 1 55° C.30 min 1 94° C. 2 min 5 94° C. 30 s 50° C. 30 s 72° C. 2 min 5 94° C. 30s 55° C. 30 s 72° C. 2 min 30 94° C. 30 s 60° C. 30 s 72° C. 2 min 1 72°C. 7 min

TABLE 4 Primers used for OE-PCR. SEQ Primer ID Name Sequence NO:TRBV2for CGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC 34 GATGCTGAAGTCRCMCAGACTCC TRBV3forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GATGCWGMTGTTWCCCAGAC 35 TRBV4for CGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC36 GACACTGRAGTYACSCAGACACC TRBV5forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GAGGCTGGAGTCACHCAAAS 37 TRBV6forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GAGCCTGGWGTCASYCAGAC 38 TRBV7forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GGTGCTGGAGTYKCCCAGW 39 TRBV10forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GATGCTGRRATCACCCAGR 40 TRBV11forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GAAGCTGAAGTTGCCCAGTC 41 TRBV13forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GATGCTGGAGTYATCCAGTC 42 TRBV14forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GAAGCTGGAGTKRYTCAGT 43 TRBV15forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GATGCCATGGTCATCCAGAA 44 TRBV18forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC AATGCCGGCGTCATGCAGAA 45 TRBV19forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GATGGTGGAATCACTCAGTC 46 TRBV20forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC AGTGCTGTCRTCTCTCAAMA 47 TRBV25forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC GAAGCTGACATCTACCAGAC 48 TRBV27forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC 49 GATGTGAAAGTRACCCAGARCYC TRBV30forCGCAGTAGCGGTAAACGGC ACACTCCAGGCACAGAGATA 50

After the OE-RT-PCR reaction, the PCR samples were purified byDNA-cleanup kit and subjected to DNA gel electrophoresis. As shown inFIG. 1, linked TCR alpha and beta amplicons were identified around 1000b.p., indicating the successful OE-RT-PCR reaction.

After DNA gel electrophoresis, gel extraction was performed to obtainthe TCR α:β amplicon. 5 ng purified PCR product was used as a templatefor performing semi-nested PCR. The nested PCR thermocycling conditionsare provided in Table 5.

TABLE 5 Nested PCR thermocycling conditions Cycle Temperature Time 1 95°C. 2 min 30 98° C. 20 s 63° C. 30 s 72° C. 2 min 1 72° C. 7 min

DNA clean-up was performed using Zymo DNA Clean & Concentrator kit (ZymoResearch) to purify the PCR products. The purified PCR products wereanalyzed by DNA electrophoresis. PCR results were showed in FIG. 2, andthe band around 1000 b.p. indicated the successful amplification of theTCR α:β amplicon.

After the DNA electrophoresis, the TCR α:β amplicon was excised and gelpurification was performed using Zymoclean™ Gel DNA Recovery Kits (ZymoResearch). The purified amplicon was subjected to zero-blunt cloning(Thermo Fisher Scientific) to analyze TCR α:β amplicon sequences. Thesequences were identified by the NCBI IGBLAST T cell receptor genedatabase (available at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/igblast/). The sequencingresults of the 8 TCR α:β amplicons and their respective TCR alpha andbeta chain genes are listed in Table 6.

TABLE 6 Gene sequencing results TCR α:β amplicons cloned into plasmidvectors for single-colony sequencing. TRAV TRBV Amplicon gene gene 1 2628 2 35 4 3 2 2 4 21 19 5 12 11 6 13 19 7 12 25

The sequenced TCR α:β amplicon represented a diverse TCR α:β repertoirefrom the human PBMC which supported the conclusion that the TCR primerdesign described in this example can successfully amplify the TCRrepertoire. The primer set forth in Table 4 with restrictionendonucleases target cleavage sites was incorporated into the ampliconand OE-PCR and nested PCR was successfully performed. The restrictionenzymes were chosen to select target cleavage sites which are rarelyfound (e.g., found in fewer than 5 segments) in T cell receptor genes(including the variable, diversity, joining and constant regions),allowing the expression of original TCR amino acid sequences withoutlosing the TCR library diversity and reducing the TCR library bias dueto cleavage during the restriction enzyme digestion and the afterwardcirculation of expression plasmid process. Several restriction siteswere incorporated with silent and non-silent mutations to add additionalrestriction enzyme cut sites that are rarely found in native TCR genes(Tables 7 and 8).

TABLE 7 Silent mutations used to clone T cell receptors into lentiviralexpression vectors without changing the amino acid sequence of the genes.Restriction Amino acid Amino acid TCR gene Original Mutated enzymesequence sites name sequence sequence Age I TG 16-17 TRBV 10-3 acaggaaccggt Age I TG 16-17 TRBV 15-1 acaggt accggt Age I TG 16-17 TRBV 24-1acaggg accggt Age I TG 10-11 TRBV 24-2 acaggg accggt Age I TG 16-17TRBV 24-3 acaggg accggt Age I TG 16-17 TRBV 5-8 acaggc accggt Age I GPV17-19 TRBV5-1 ggcccagta ggaccggta Age I GPV 17-19 TRBV5-2 ggcccagtgggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19 TRBV5-3 ggcccagtg ggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19TRBV5-5 ggcccagtg ggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19 TRBV5-7 ggcccagtg ggaccggtgAge I GPV 17-19 TRBV5-8 ggcccagtg ggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19 TRBV6-2ggtccagtg ggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19 TRBV6-3 ggtccagtg ggaccggtg Age IGPV 17-19 TRBV6-4 ggtccagtg ggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19 TRBV6-5 ggtccagtgggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19 TRBV6-6 ggtccagtg ggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19TRBV6-8 ggtcccgtg ggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19 TRBV6-9 ggtcccgtg ggaccggtgAge I GPV 17-19 TRBV9-1 ggcccagtg ggaccggtg Age I GPV 17-19 TRBV9-2ggcccagtg ggaccggtg SpeI GLV 17-19 TRBV 28-1 ggcctcgta ggactagta SpeIGLV 17-19 TRBV 5-6 ggcttagtg ggactagtg SpeI TS 18-19 TRAV40 accagcactagt SpeI TS 18-19 TRAV18 accagt actagt XhoI LE 16-17 TRAV38-1 cttgaactcgag XhoI LE 16-17 TRAV38-2 cttgaa ctcgag XhoI VSR 18-20 TRAV13-2gtgagcaga gtctcgaga NheI QLA 15-17 TRAV17-1 caactggct caGctAgct NheI QLA13-15 TRAV27-1 cagttggca cagCTAgca BsiWI RT 16-17 TRAV8-5 agaact CGTACGBsiWI RT 17-18 TRAV18-5 aggacc CGTACG BsiWI GVR 15-17 TRBV30-1 ggggtcagaGGCGTACGA BsiWI GVR 15-17 TRBV30-2 ggggtcaga GGCGTACGA BsiWI GVR 15-17TRBV30-3 ggggtcaga GGCGTACGA MluI TR 18-19 TRAV8-2 accaga ACGCGT MluI TR18-19 TRAV8-4 accaga ACGCGT MluI TR 18-19 TRAV8-6 accaga ACGCGT MluI TR17-18 TRAV8-7 accaga ACGCGT MluI TR 18-19 TRAV9-2 acccgt ACGCGT MluI TR18-19 TRAV16-1 acaaga ACGCGT SphI AC 72-73 TRAC gcatgt gcatgC BstZI7I VY 9-10 TRAC gtgtac GTATAC BstBI DSK 14-16 TRAC GACTCTAA GATTCGAA SpeI TLV28-29 TRBC1 acactggtg acACTAGTg SpeI TLV 28-29 TRBC2 acactggtg acACTAGTg

TABLE 8Non-silent mutations used to clone T cell receptors into lentiviralexpression vectors with minimal modifications to native amino acid sequences.Original amino Mutated Amino TCR Original Restriction acid amino acidacid gene DNA Mutated DNA enzyme sequence sequence site name sequenceseqence NotI VAV AAA 11-13 TRBC1 gtcgctgtg CGGCCGCGT NotI VAV AAA 11-13TRBC2 gtcgctgtg CGGCCGCGT SpeI VAV LVV 11-13 TRBC1 gtcgctgtg GAACTAGTCSpeI VAV LVV 11-13 TRBC2 gtcgctgtg GAACTAGTC sphI VC AC 30-31 TRBC1gtgtgc GcaTGC sphI VC AC 30-31 TRBC2 gtgtgc GcaTGC XhoI PE LE  9-10TRBC1 CCCGAG CTCGAG XhoI PE LE  9-10 TRBC2 CCCGAG CTCGAG XhoI FE LE14-15 TRBC1 tttgag CTCGAG XhoI FE LE 14-15 TRBC2 tttgag CTCGAG XhoI AELE 19-20 TRBC1 GCAGAG CTCGAG XhoI AE LE 19-20 TRBC2 GCAGAG CTCGAG NheITLV TLA 30 TRBC1 acactggtg acGCTAGCC NheI TLV TLA 30 TRBC2 acactggtgacGCTAGCC NheI AT AS 28 TRBC1 GCCACa GCTAGC NheI AT AS 28 TRBC2 GCCACaGCTAGC NotI AVA AAA 62-64 TRAC gctgtggcc GCGGCCgcc SphI VC AC 22-23 TRACgtctgc GcaTGC NheI VS AS 34-35 TRAC gtgtca gctagc

The TCR α:β amplicon was subcloned into a Lentiviral expression vector,pLVX-EF1alpha-IRES-mCherry (Clontech). Co-transfection of the TCRcontaining lentiviral expression vector into HEK293T cells along withthe lentivirus packaging vector and envelope vector was performed togenerate lentiviral particles for TCR expression. HEK293T cells weretransfected at the following ratios: 10 μg pLVX, 8 μg psPAX2 packagingplasmid, 3 μg pMID2.g envelope plasmid, 100 μl Fugene transfectionreagent. The recombinant lentivirus encoding TCR were transduced into anin vitro display J.RT3 T cell line for the expression of TCR. J.RT3′5endogenous TCR alpha and beta genes been knocked out allowing transgenicexpression of foreign TCR alpha and beta chain. The transductionprotocol was optimized to achieve an MOI≤0.2 so that the vast majorityof cells are only expressing asingle TCR paired alpha:beta amplicon.Finally, transduced cells were stained with anti-α chain, anti-β chain,anti-CD8, and anti-CD3 antibodies for flow cytometry analyses todetermine the fraction of mCherry-expressing cells that display a fullyassembled TCR complex ready for functional peptide-MHC binding analysis.

FIG. 15 shows DNA electrophoresis analysis of the T cell receptor (TCR)amplicon (alpha: beta chain) from single-cell emulsificationoverlap-extension RT-PCR. Briefly, T cells purified from PBMC using CD8isolation kit were isolated into oil emulsion droplet with lysis bufferand poly(dT) beads to capture mRNA for cell lysis and RNA capture. Thepoly(dT) beads with T cell RNA were re-emulsified for cDNA synthesis andoverlap-extension PCR (OE-PCR). Two semi-nested PCR (1^(st) semi-nestedand 2^(nd) semi-nested) were performed to increase the TCR pair α:βchain amplicon concentration. Mi-seq PCR was then performed to add thenext-generation sequence barcode for high-throughput sequencinganalysis.

After high-throughput sequencing, raw DNA sequences werequality-filtered and annotated for TCR gene usage via NCBI IgBLAST and aCDR3-motif algorithm, paired by α and β chains, and compiled into a TCRrepertoire. FIG. 16 shows a summary of linked alpha:beta T cell receptorgene distribution.

Example 2: Evaluation of TCR Clones Containing Silent or Non-SilentMutations

To successfully clone in the TCR genes using restriction enzymes listedherein, the destination cloning vector pLVX-EF1α-IRES-mCherry wasmodified to remove the following four cutting sites via site-directedmutagenesis: AgeI (2415), SphI (2331), NheI (8192) and MluI (6669)cutting sites (numbers indicate the location of these cutting sites).

A previously identified TCR, anti-HIV-Nef-Rm9, was used as a model TCRfor evaluation of the TCR genes with different mutations listed in Table7 and Table 8. Wild-type anti-HIV-Nef-RM9 TCR gene fragment wassubcloned into the Lentiviral vector, pLVX-EF1α-IRES-mCherry, forexpression of active TCR. All anti-HIV-Nef-RM9 mutant clones (Table 7and Table 8) were introduced by gene synthesis together with restrictionenzymes digestion and ligation. Lentiviral expression vectors withWild-type and mutant anti-HIV-Nef-Rm9 TCRs were transfected separatelywith envelope and packing plasmid (psPAX2 and pMD2.G) into HEK293FT cellfor expression of lentiviruses. An engineered Jurkat cell line that wasmodified to have no active T cell receptor expression, JRT3/CD8, wasused as a TCR expression platform. Lentiviruses encoding wild-type andmutant anti-HIV-Nef-RM9 TCR were transduced separately into JRT3/CD8cells for TCR expression. The wild-type and mutant anti-HIV-Nef-Rm9 TCRsbinding affinity to a HIV peptide, RPQVPLRPM (SEQ ID NO: 1), coupledonto the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) was evaluated. TheRPQVPLRPM-MHC (“RPQVPLRPM” is disclosed as SEQ ID NO: 1) complexes wereconjugated with Streptavidin-Allophycocyanin (SA-APC) for detection ofthe binding of TCR to peptide-MHC. In parallel, the transduced JRT3/CD8cells were stained with anti-TCR antibody conjugated with a BV421fluorescent marker for evaluation of T cell receptor expression ofanti-HIV-Nef-Rm9 with different mutations.

FIG. 17 and FIG. 18 demonstrates that mutant anti-HIV-Nef-Rm9 TCRs withdifferent non-native leader peptides can lead to different levels of TCRexpression. Compared with the wild-type anti-HIV-TCR expression leveland its binding affinity to the pMHC (FIG. 17 Panel C and D), mutantTCRs including a TRBV24-1 or a TRAV40-1 leader peptide showed comparablelevels of TCR expression and pMHC binding affinities (FIG. 17 Panel Gand H for TRBV24-1 and Panel K and L for TRAV40-1), whereas the mutantTCR with a TRBV30 leader peptide exhibited reduced TCR expression andpMHC binding capacity (FIG. 17 Panel E and F). Mutant anti-HIV TCR withTRAV17-1 leader peptide demonstrated no pMHC binding tendency and a lowlevel of TCR expression (FIG. 17 Panel I and J). Compared with thewild-type anti-HIV-TCR expression level and its binding affinity to thepMHC (FIG. 17 Panel C and D), TCRs with a silent mutation (forincorporation of a SpeI restriction site) had a comparable level of TCRexpression and pMHC binding affinities (FIG. 18 Panel A and B). Themutant TCR with a single amino acid mutation, TRBCV30A, exhibited asimilar TCR expression and pMHC binding capacity to those of thewild-type anti-HIV TCR (FIG. 18 Panel C and D). Mutant anti-HIV TCR witha single amino acid mutation, TRBCP9L, demonstrated no pMHC bindingtendency and no TCR expression (FIG. 18 Panel E and F).

FIG. 19(a) shows isolation of human effector T cells for tumor-specificT cell analysis of humanized mouse models and cancer patients. FIG.19(b) shows Vα:Vβ gene usage in 31,718 human CD8+ TCR clusters that wereisolated, RT-PCR amplified, analyzed via NGS.

Example 3: Screening Native TCRα:β for Binding to Known Peptide:MHCCombinations

In this example, tetramer staining is performed using recombinant humanleukocyte antigen (HLA) tetramer complexes loaded with knownEpstein-Barr virus (EBV) peptide. The EBV reactive T cells with TCR onthe cell surface will recognize the EBV peptide-HLA tetramer complexes.The HLA complexes were biotinylated and conjugated with streptavidinlinked to a fluorophore permitting the sorting of the EBV-reactive Tcells. The PBMC are isolated from an Epstein-Barr virus positive donorwith known HLA alleles, and emulsion overlap reverse transcriptionextension PCR (OE-RT-PCR) is performed to isolate the donor's T cellreceptor repertoire, as described in Example 1. The TCR amplicons wereinserted into the developed TCR expression lentiviral vector constructedin Example 1. After generation of vectors for expressing natively pairedT cell receptor libraries, J.RT3 cell lines are transduced with thelentiviral vectors at an MOI of ≤0.2, allowing the expression of TCR αand β chain on in vitro cell libraries.

Several previously characterized EBV TCR-peptide-MHC interactions areassessed (Ref #6-8). In particular, HLA B8 loaded with knownimmunodominant EBV peptide, HLA-B8-restricted epitope FLRGRAYGL (SEQ IDNO: 79) derived from the latent EBV antigen protein EBNA3A (Ref #9). Thetransgenic J.RT3 cells' response to an HLA-A*02.01-restricted epitopesfrom LMP2, a known EBV oncogenic protein, which is thought to haveimportant, potentially protective effects for EBV protection butcomprises a more measured EBV response is also tested (Ref #10). Thebiotinylated HLA tetramer is then conjugated with streptavidinallophycocyanin conjugate from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Catalog#S32362) with a 5:1 molar ratio of MHC monomer to streptavidin as cellsorting marker. The streptavidin-labeled MHC complex is incubated withthe lentivirus-transduced J.RT3 cells with recombinant TCR on their cellsurface and subjected to fluorescence-activated cell sorting asdescribed in Altman et al (Ref #11).

The sorted J.RT3 cells that express EBV-reactive T cell receptorsequences (α:β chains) are sorted by flow cytometry and recovered inRPMI with 10% FBS overnight. TCR amplicon sequences re then identifiedby next generation sequencing analysis of the sorted T cell receptorlibraries, as previously described (Refs #12-16). Alternatively, theEBV-reactive containing J.RT3 cells are seeded onto 96 well plate with adensity of 1 cell/well to isolate single cell clones. Once the singlecell is propagated into a colony, the RNA is extracted and the cDNA issynthesized by reverse transcriptase. PCR is performed to amply the TCRalpha:beta pair sequences, as previously described (Refs #17-19).Plasmids are extracted and the sequences are identified by Sangersequencing.

Example 4: Screening Native TCRα:β for Activation and EBV-Infected CellKilling by Cell Lines In Vitro

Naïve T cells are isolated using EasySep™ Human Naïve CD8+ T CellIsolation Kit (Stemcell Technology) from the PBMC of a healthy humandonor. Sleeping Beauty transposon/transposase system is used to deliverthe TCRα:β gene sequences as recovered in Examples 1 and 2 into theisolated naïve T cells. The TCR sequence libraries are subcloned in thepLVX vector from Example, 2 along with an EF1alpha promoter for geneexpression, into the sleeping beauty transposon cloning vector pT2/BH,which contains the SB transposase (Ref #20). Naïve T cells aretransfected with both pT2/BH vector and pCMV(CAT)T7-SB100 (AddgenePlasmid #34879). The pCMAT7-SB100 expressed hyperactive Sleeping Beautytransposase, allowing expression of full-length TCR. Gene deliverytransposon plasmids containing the EBV TCR and SB100X transposaseplasmids are transfected into T cell populations using a 4DNucleofectoraccording to the manufacturer's instructions (Lonza, Cologne, Germany).In parallel, naïve T cells are transfected with a non-EBV responsive TCRidentified in Example 2 as a negative control. Transduced T celllibraries are identified by staining for TCR surface markers thatindicated stable TCR complex assembly (anti-α, anti-β, anti-CD8,anti-CD3) and analyzed via flow cytometry. The efficiency of productiveTCR display on transduced cells is analyzed.

Next the transfected TCR libraries are analyzed for in vitro function byco-culturing with EBV infected B cells (Raji cells, a cancer cell linewhich has been tested positive for the presence of EBV), and also foractivity against autologous donor B cells infected with EBV. T cells areseeded with EBV positive B cells at a ratio of 10:1 and co-cultured for24 hours. After 24 hours of in vitro co-culture, the T cells arerecovered, stained, and sorted for T cell markers and the expression ofCD107/membrane TNF-α upregulation (Ref #21-23). The TCRs they encode areanalyzed by NextGen sequence analysis to reveal EBV-targeting tumorinfiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) sequences in the repertoire.

Monoclonal paired TCRα:β cDNAs are then recovered, transduced asmonoclonal TCRs into naïve human T cells, and assayed by in vitroco-culture with the same populations of EBV-infected B cells to validatethe ability of those TCRs to target EBV peptides. The co-culture assayis repeated and pro-inflammatory cytokines are measured using an ELISAkit for measuring IFN gamma, TNF-α, perforin and Granzyme. Compared to anegative control TCR transfected naïve T cells, the naïve T cellsexpressing EBV-specific TCRs demonstrate increased levels of allpro-inflammatory cytokines.

An in vitro cytotoxicity assay is also performed to evaluate thetransformed naïve T cell's activity toward the EBV infected B cells orRaji cells. The Raji cells and the autologous B cells were dilutedseparately to a concentration of 5×10⁶/mL and incubated with 0.25 μMcarboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE) for 30 minutes at37° C. CO₂ incubator, allowing the CFSE dye binds covalently to all freeamines from cells. The CFSE dye enabled the evaluation of the viabilityand proliferation of the B cells. Stained B cells are washed three timeswith the RPMI media. The naïve T cells expressed EBV-reactive TCR alonewith control TCR repertoire were then co-cultured with CFSE-stained Bcells or Raji cells with a range of effector cell to target cells ratio.Cell cytotoxicity is evaluated by flow cytometry with excitation andemission wavelengths at 492 and 517 respectively. Compared to the naïveT cells in a control TCR experiment (TCR with no EBV peptide affinity),the EBV-reactive TCRs transduced into healthy naïve T cell populationsexhibit superior cytotoxicity toward EBV-infected autologous B cells orRaji cells.

Example 5: Gene Transfer of Native TCRα:β Libraries for Treatment ofCancer

An animal model is used to demonstrate cancer-specific TCR isolation,recovery, and follow-up application of recovered TCR libraries ascell-based therapeutics. Human PBMC-engrafted CD34-NSG humanized miceare implanted with a human RKO colon carcinoma xenograft (Charles RiverLabs). CD34-NSG were first engrafted with human PBMC by intravenousinjection (i.v.) and then engrafted with 1×10⁷ RKO tumors in 50%Martigel© Matrix (Corning) by subcutaneous injection. The mice were thengiven two checkpoint inhibitors pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1) and ipilimumab(anti-CTLA-4) to enhance the anti-tumor TCR responses. Mice were given100 μg of Pembrolizumab and 100 μg of Ipilimumab bi-weekly. On day 15,the spleen and tumor tissue was removed from the mice to isolate spleenand tumor-infiltrating T cells. The central memory (TCM) andtransitional memory (TTM) T cells were obtained by FACS analysis forCD3+CD8+CD45RA CCR7 expression. TCM and TTM populations were thenexpanded and subjected to emulsion OE-PCR and nested PCR to obtain theTCR repertoire, as in Examples 1 and 2, and cloned into the SleepingBeauty transposon/transposase transduction plasmids as described inExample 3.

The Illumina MiSeq 2×300 paired-end read platform was used to preciselydefine and determine the molecular features of the TCR libraries. RawIllumina sequences were quality-filtered, mapped to V-, D-, and J-genesand CDR3's extracted using the International Immunogenetics InformationSystem (IMGT, Ref #24). Sequence data is filtered for in-frame V(D)Jjunctions and productive TCRα and TCRβ sequences are paired by Illuminaread ID and compiled by exact CDR3 nucleotide and V(D)J gene usagematch. CDR-β3 nucleotide sequences were extracted and clustered to 96%nt identity with terminal gaps ignored (USEARCH v5.2.32, Ref #25) andresulting Vα:Vβ pairs with ≥2 reads comprised the list of Vα:Vβclusters.

Alternatively, after performing the emulsion RT-PCR and nested PCR, theTCR α:β amplicon library can be ligated into sleeping beauty transposonsvector (pT2/BH) and transformed into high efficacy competent E. colicells such as XL-Gold (Agilent #200314) to clone the highly diverse TCRlibrary. Paired alpha beta TCRs are then sequenced individually bybacterial colony Sanger sequencing. Approximately 100 colonies arecombined with known TCR sequences to generate a precisely defined pairedalpha beta TCR library for delivery into the naïve T cells. A TCRrepertoire acquired from the TCM and TTM T cells derived from humanizedmice without the engraft of RKO cancer cell line is used as a negativecontrol group.

Next both TCR repertoires (derived from RKO xenograft TCR, or from micewithout RKO xenograft TCR) are expressed in naïve T cells using theSleeping Beauty transposon/transposase system as reported in Example 3.The transformed TCR libraries are separately administered to differentRKO xenograft mice via i.v. injection. Tumor volume and body weightchange of individual mouse is measured on a daily basis to track thetumor size and progression of disease. The RKO-xenograft mice treatedwith T cell populations transduced with TILs from other RKO-xenograftmice exhibit a delay in tumor growth as compared to mice treated with Tcells transduced with TCR libraries from the control group (i.e.,derived from human PBMC CD34-engrafted mice with no RKO xenograft). Thisdemonstrates the applicability of precisely defined TCR libraries ascell-based therapeutics that could effectively reduce tumor progression.

Example 6: Gene Transfer of Native TCRα:β Libraries after Pre-Selectionfor Anti-Cancer Activity for Treatment of Cancer

Similar procedures as Example 4 and the same mouse model (humanPBMC-engrafted CD34-NSG humanized mice with RKO colon cancer xenograftmodel) is used in this example, but with an additional T cellpre-selection step to isolate anti-cancer TCRs by in vitro selectionprior to use as a cell-based therapeutic. The splenocyte andtumor-infiltrating lymphocyte populations are isolated after the RKOcolon cancer engraft. TCM and TTM are isolated by FACS with the markersCD3+CD8+CD45RA and CCR7. The TCR repertoire is isolated using emulsionOE-PCR, and nested PCR, and then subcloned into the Sleeping Beautytransposon vector and redelivered into the naïve T cells isolated fromPBMC as described in Example 4. The transgenic naïve T cells arestimulated by co-culture with irradiated RKO colon cancer cell lines andisolated using flow cytometry for CD107 and membrane TNF-α, as describedin Example 3.

Alternatively, dendritic cells (DCs) are isolated from the humanizedmice using the blood dendritic cell isolation kit II (Miltenyi Biotec)and DCs are cultured in RPMI with 10% FBS supplemented with 50 ng/mL ofgranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). The dendriticcells are pulsed with RKO cancer cell lysates or human colon cancer celllysates for two hours. Naïve T cells transduced with the TCR librariesthat had been cloned into Sleeping Beauty transposon/transposase vectorsare then co-cultured with the DC cells with a ratio of 10:1 for 4 days.The stimulated anti-cancer cytotoxic T cells are gated withmembrane-bound CD107, membrane-bound TNF-α expression or CD137 (4-1BB)expression. CD107a is a marker for degranulation of activated CD8+ Tcells (Refs #26-33). CD137 belongs to the TNFR family and is associatedwith T cells proliferation and survival (Ref #34-35). The sorted T cells(anti-cancer T cells) are delivered into the RKO colon cancer mousemodel as described in Example 4. Compared to mice treated with naïve Tcells transduced with TCR from the non-RKO xenograft mice, the micetreated with the naïve T cells transduced with RKO-targeting TCRsisolated from in vitro functional screening exhibited a higher survivalrate and reduced tumor growth. The T cell are selected for activation inthe anti-cancer co-culture assays and enriched for cancer-specific TCRsto increase the anti-cancer efficacy of the final cell-basedtherapeutics.

Example 7: Gene Transfer of Native TCRα:β Libraries after Pre-Selectionfor Anti-Cancer Activity and In Vitro Pre-Activation to EnhanceAnti-Tumor Cell Killing

The experiment procedures in Example 6 are performed as described inExample 5, with an additional T cell activation step after transductionof natively paired TCR libraries into naïve T cells. This activationstep pre-primes the T cells and activates them for enhanced cancer cellkilling. Briefly, after the OE-PCR and first nested PCR, the TCRlibraries are cloned into the sleeping beauty transposon vector fortransgenic expression of TCR. Next generation sequencing or Sangersequencing of individual plasmids is performed to define TCR librarysize and diversity. The pooled TCR transposon plasmids areco-transfected with sleeping beauty transposase expression vector SB100permitting the expression of TCR in naïve T cells. The transgenic Tcells are first stimulated with RKO cell line or cancer antigen pulsed Tcells and CD137/CD107/TFN-α expressing anti-cancer T cells are sorted byFACS. These cells are then activated in vitro prior to delivery ascell-based therapeutics into the RKO tumor mouse model. Gibco™Dynabeads™ Human T-Activator CD3/CD28 (Thermo Fisher Scientific) areadded to the TCR-transduced naïve T cell cultures at a final ratio of1:1 of beads to cells and incubated in 37° C. C02 incubator for 3 days.The Dynabeads are conjugated with antiCD3 and antiCD28 antibodymimicking the in vivo interaction of T cell with antigen presentingcells (APC), allowing T cell clonal expansion and differentiation (Ref#36). Cell growth and viability are monitored daily after activation.

The expression of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha is examined by ELISA, whichindicates the differentiation of T cells. At day 3 post-bead addition,20 U/mL of recombinant human interlukin2 (IL2) is added into the culturemedia to induce further T cell expansion. At day 7, the expanded T cellsare counted and delivered into the RKO xenotransplant mice via tail veini.v. injection. Tumor growth and individual mouse body weight wasevaluated and compared to those obtained in Examples 4 and 5.RKO-engrafted mice treated with transgenic, RKO tumor-specific,stimulated, and activated T cells in this example exhibit superioranti-cancer efficiency as compared to the those from Example 4(transgenic T cells without tumor selection or activation) and Example 5(T cells screened for reactivity to RKO without in vitropre-activation). The additional activation step described in thisExample permits the differentiation of effector cytotoxic T cells priorto therapeutic delivery to enhance the speed and intensity of tumorimmunosuppression in the mouse model.

Example 8: Gene Transfer of Native TCRα:β Libraries for the Induction ofAntigen-Specific Immune Tolerance

The CD34+ human PBMC-engrafted mouse model is known to induceGraft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in the mice. To alleviate this issue,regulatory T cells with TCRs isolated from mice suffering from GvHD wereinduced and used as therapeutics to induce immune tolerance.

T cells are isolated from the spleen and PBMC of mice that have beenprepared as described in Example 4. T cells are isolated at 30 dayspost-engraftment, when GvHD onset begins. The TCR cloning primer setfrom the Example 1 is employed to perform overlap extension reversetranscriptase PCR to obtain TCR libraries from both the Treg cells(CD4+CD25+) as well as conventional T cells (CD4+CD25−). Next, the twoTCR libraries are subcloned into thepT2/BH Sleeping Beauty transposonvector. Next generation sequencing is performed to analyze these twosets of T cells receptor libraries and to characterize the T cellreceptor gene usage.

Naïve T cells are isolated from the PBMC with the following sortingmarker setting: CD25-CD44^(low)CD62L^(hi). The cells are transfectedwith TCR donor transposon plasmid containing two libraries describedabove along with Sleeping Beauty transposase plasmid (SB100) for TCRexpression, using the TCR sequence libraries that had been isolated fromGvHD mice. The transgenic naïve T cells are then induced to T reg cellsby Dynabeads™ Human T-Activator CD3/CD28 along with 5 ng/mL of TGF-β1.TGF-β, a master regulator which has been shown to induce Foxp3expression, allowing differentiation of naïve T cell into regulatory Tcells (Ref #37-38). After 5 days of induction, the induced T regulatorycells (iTreg) are supplied with rIL-2 enabling T cell expansion fortreatment of GvHD onset mice.

Alternatively, T cells are transduced directly with Foxp3 sequences asdescribed previously (Ref #39-40). After 3 days post-expansion, theiTreg cells with transgenic TCR and without transgenic TCR are injectedseparately into the GvHD onset mice intravenously via tail veininjection (n=5); these mice had been engrafted with CD34+ human PBMCsfrom the same donor and time point of sampling as the earlier GvHD mice.The mice treated with iTregs with CD4+CD25+ transgenic TCR exhibitdelayed GvHD disease onset as compared with those from the iTreg cellswith transgenic CD4+CD25-TCR and iTreg without transgenic TCR.

Body weight changes and GvHD scores between the three groups (notransgenic TCR, CD4+CD25+ TCR and CD4+CD25-TCR) are analyzed. The miceinjected with T cell expressing CD4+CD25+ transgenic TCR showed thelowest change in body weight and lowest GvHD score as compared with themice infused with T cells only and T cells with CD4+CD25− transgenicTCR. Tolerogenic activities and T cell phenotype are monitored. 20 dayspost-T cell infusion, the splenocytes are isolated by sacrificing thehumanized mice, harvesting spleen, and red blood cells lysis bufferdigestion. The resultant leukocytes are stained with anti-CD25,anti-CD4+, anti-CD3 and Foxp3, and followed by flow cytometry analysisto evaluate the tolerogenic activities. The leukocytes from the micewith transgenic CD4+CD25+ TCR exhibit the most intense Foxp3 and CD25signals from the flow cytometric staining analyses as compared with theleukocytes from the other two groups of mice (with no transgenic TCR andCD4+CD25− TCR).

Example 9: Application of Native TCRα:β Library Gene Transfer for CancerTherapy in Mammalian or Human Patients

In this example, a mammalian patient such as a human cancer patient istreated. In some embodiments, the cancer type is lung cancer, melanoma,renal cell carcinoma, breast cancer (including triple negative breastcancer), colon cancer, or prostate cancer. The therapeutic proceduresmay be performed similarly as described in Example 4. Briefly, T cellsfrom a mammalian or human patient are recovered, which may derive fromPBMC, tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, spleen tissue, affected organs, orother human tissue from the patient. Then, the TCR genes are recoveredand cloned into expression vectors. In some embodiments, the T celllibraries are first pre-screened for anti-tumor activity. The screeningcan identify TCRs with reactivity against tumor peptide neoantigens, oralternatively reactivity against whole tumor cells in vitro. In someembodiments, the tumor cells may be derived from the cancer patient.

Next, the selected T cell libraries can be used as cell-basedtherapeutics. In some embodiments, the libraries are analyzed usinghigh-throughput sequencing to precisely define the molecular compositionof the cell-based TCR therapeutics. In other embodiments, the librariesare selected by sub-sampling a number of individual plasmid colonies inbacteria (ranging from 3 to 100,000 colonies derived from the library)and sequencing each plasmid colony individually after mini-prep. Then,those individual plasmids are mixed at a defined ratio to regenerate aprecisely defined molecular library. These precisely defined molecularlibraries can reduce the presence of PCR error variants that can occurwhen TCR libraries are originally generated by RT-PCR.

In some embodiments, mouse TCR constant region genes will be used toprevent TCR transgenes from associating with native human T cellreceptor genes in gene recipient T cells. The libraries will be used totransfer the TCRs and any other plasmid genes to human T cells. In someembodiments, these T cells are derived from the patient. In someembodiments, these T cells will be patient-derived naïve T cells. Inother embodiments, these T cells may be derived from other humans orfrom cell lines. In some embodiments, there may be an activation step topre-prime the T cells and activate them for enhanced cancer cell killingas described in Example 6.

In some embodiments, transcription factors may be used to affect cellfate, as described in Example 7. The transformed T cells expressing theTCR transgene may be expanded in vitro to generate a cell bank, or theymay be directly administered to the patient. In some embodiments, the Tcells are injected directly into the tumor. In other embodiments, the Tcells are administered intravenously or intrathecally.

The plasmid gene libraries can used again at any time to re-create apopulation of T cell transgenes for subsequent repeat administration; inother embodiments, the expanded cell banks may be used for repeattherapeutic administration. In the event of continued cancer progressionand/or tumor growth, or an inadequate treatment of the tumor in any way,the entire therapeutic process can be repeated. In some embodiments,this may comprise capture the patient's T cell genes again, andrepeating the screening and library generation process. In otherembodiments, a repeat therapy could comprise re-screening the originallycaptured TCR gene libraries against a resistant tumor cell population toidentify TCRs that target the evolved cancer cells. In otherembodiments, a repeat therapy may comprise additional activation of theTCR gene libraries. In some embodiments, the in vitro cell activationprocess may change over the course of multiple treatmentadministrations, for example, as cancer progresses then more potentlyactivating steps may be used for the cell-based therapeutics in vitroprior to therapeutic administration.

In some embodiments, an i-Caspase gene or other inducible suicide switchgene may be included in the transgene vectors to control the fate of thecell-based therapy after therapeutic administration.

Example 10: Application of Native TCRα:β Library Gene Transfer forTreatment of Viral Infections

Post transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a severecomplication of solid organ transplantation. Primary Epstein-Barr virus(EBV) infection is a major risk factor, and around 60-80% of PTLD casesare EBV seropositive. T cell responses to EBV peptides are crucial tosuppress malignancy (Llaurador, G. et al., Curr. Opin. Pediatr. 29,34-40(2017)).

The TCRα:β library disclosed herein will be used to treat or preventPTLD in mouse models as a model for antiviral TCR therapeutics (Ahmed,E. H. & Baiocchi, R. A, ILAR J. 57, 55-62 (2016); Ricciardelli, I. etal., Blood 124, 2514-2522 (2014)). Briefly, anti-EBV TCRs will beidentified by single-cell isolation of paired alpha and beta genes, andwill be cloned into TCR display vectors, and cell-based screening byFACS for anti-EBV peptide binding. In other embodiments, the anti-EBVTCRs may be discovered by identifying recognition, expansion, and/or invitro killing activity of T cells transformed with transgenic TCRs. Inother embodiments, T cell receptors are discovered that target otherviruses to different antiviral therapies, including but not limited tohuman cytomegalovirus (HCMV), herpes simplex virus 1 or 2 (HSV-1/HSV-2),and yellow fever virus (YFV).

After the antiviral T cell receptor polynucleotides have been isolated,they will be cloned into DNA vectors and utilized for autologous genetherapy to treat PTLD. The transformed T cells might be used to treatother viral infections or for heterologous gene therapy. In otherembodiments, they may be used as prophylactic cell therapy to preventPTLD or other viral infections. In other embodiments, the vectors may beused for gene therapy as virally-associated preventive cancer vaccines.

Lentiviral gene transduction will be used to transform human pan-T cellswith antiviral TCRs to evaluate in vitro killing efficacy of virallyinfected cells. Transformed T cells may be co-cultured with virallyinfected cells with any of the following stimulation conditions: none,IL-2, anti-CD3/anti-CD28 magnetic beads, or IL-2/anti-CD3/anti-CD28. Invitro virally infected cell killing will be assessed by the IncuCyteLive Cell assay, which measures the loss of fluorescently-labeled tumorcells due to cell killing (Single, A. et al., J. Biomol. Screen. 20,1286-1293 (2015)).

Next, human pan-T cells will be transduced with antiviral TCRs under theoptimized conditions and used to treat viral infections in mouse models.A mouse model of EBV infection and PTLD will be used (Johannessen, I. etal. J. Med. Virol. 83, 1585-1596 (2011)). In other embodiments, mice maybe infected with a virus and treated with T cells specific to viralproteins. Transduced T cells will be isolated by flow cytometry fortransgenic TCR expression to obtain pure transduced TCR libraries. Next,transformed cells will be stimulated using a T cell stimulationprotocol, which could include the conditions described above, andstimulated T cells will be delivered to mice via intravenous tail veininjection (Kurtz, A. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Delivery Routes and Fate.Int. J. Stem Cells 1, 1-7 (2008)).

Mice will be followed for 30 days to record weight loss and PTLD tumorvolume. Treated mice will be compared to non-treated mouse controls, aswell as other controls treated with antiviral antibodies and antiviralsmall molecule inhibitors. Any delays in PTLD tumor growth will bequantified as the major study endpoint. It is expected that mice treatedwith transformed cells including anti-EBV TCRs of the present technologywill show a delay in PTLD growth, delayed viral growth kinetics and/orfaster disease recovery after viral infections compared to untreatedcontrols. These results will demonstrate that the compositions of thepresent technology are useful in methods for treating or preventingviral infections and virally-associated cancers in a subject in needthereof.

Example 11: Evaluation of Antigen-Specific TCRα:β in Treating Cancer inPDX Mouse Models

Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mouse models from ovarian cancerpatients will be established as a renewable cell source for anti-tumor Tcell discovery (FIG. 22).

Human pan-T cells are transduced at a multiplicity of infection of lessthan 0.2 (i.e., one TCR transgene per cell) and transduced libraries arescreened in vitro for TCR activation against co-cultured PDX tumorcells. Expansion and activator gene expression (CD69/CD107/membraneTNF-α) are quantified as hallmarks of anti-tumor TCR recognition.Illumina MiSeq 2×300 paired-end sequencing is utilized to analyze TCRlibrary diversity and characterize Vβ and Vα genes at each step in thecloning and selection process (i.e., input cDNA, post-lentiviralparticle generation, and mCherry+J.RT3 cells with surface-displayedTCR). 2×300 sequencing permits full coverage of CDRα3 and CDRβ3 regions.High-throughput sequencing will verify that TCR libraries maintain highdiversity, and ≥105 native TCRα:βs displayed on mammalian T cells willbe generated. NGS will also be used to identify PDX neoantigens and TCRmolecular modeling will be performed to determine the neoantigen targetsof anti-PDX TCRs.

Once anti-PDX TCRs are identified by screening, autologous patient Tcells will be transduced with those anti-tumor TCRs and their ability tokill PDX tumor cells in vitro will be assayed. Human T cells will betransfected with anti-tumor TCRα:β genes via lentiviral genetransduction (FIG. 20). Patient T cells are transduced with native humanTCR constant region genes, including a cysteine modification to promotepreferential expression of the transduced TCR. Transduced T cells arepre-activated with T cell stimulatory agents (as one example,anti-CD3/anti-CD28 magnetic beads/IL-2) and are incubated withIncuCyte-labeled tumor cells to assess TCR-based tumor cell killing invitro. Autologous T cells that are transduced with linked TCRα:β genesthat do not target tumor cells will serve as negative controls. ANOVAwill be used for statistical analyses of tumor cell killing compared tonegative control TCR genes.

Next, transgenic anti-PDX T cells will be delivered in PDX mice forantigen-specific tumor immunotherapy. Transduced T cells are isolated byflow cytometry to obtain pure transduced TCR libraries. Mouse pan-Tcells are transduced with anti-PDX TCRs and pre-stimulated using theconditions determined in cell-killing assays; stimulated T cells aredelivered to mice via intravenous tail vein injection. Mice are followedfor 30 days and treated mice are compared to control groups and animalstreated with checkpoint inhibitors. Delayed tumor growth is quantifiedas the major study endpoint, applying Kaplan-Meier survival analysis ofsurvival to verify statistical significance. It is anticipated thatanimals treated with T cells comprising anti-PDX TCRs will match orexceed the therapeutic responses observed in animals receivingcheckpoint immune therapy treatments. These results will demonstratethat theTCR libraries of the present technology are useful forpersonalized antigen-specific therapies in human patients.

Example 12: Evaluation of Antigen-Specific TCRα:β in Treating Cancer inPDX Mouse Models

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is susceptible to immunotherapy and istypically clinically silent until the tumor is locally advanced ormetastatic. Thus, late stage RCC diagnosis is common and surgicalresection yields large tumors with substantial T cell infiltrates forlaboratory study. Advanced RCC is also an FDA-approved indication forcheckpoint inhibition and recombinant IL-2 therapies, and RCC can behighly immunogenic with a large T-cell infiltrate that can bereinvigorated with immunotherapy. High-throughput screening of TIL TCRsresponding to RCC will be used to identify neoantigen-specific TCRs thatcan be leveraged for precision therapies.

First, TILs and cancer cells are isolated from tumors using flowcytometry; tumor cells are cryopreserved while TILs are the input forTCR repertoire isolation and cloning. Next, TCR repertoires aretransformed into naïve T cells and the resulting display library isseeded in co-culture with autologous patient tumor cells. After 24 hoursof co-culture, activated T cells are sorted by FACS forCD69/CD107/membrane TNF-α upregulation, and the encoded TCRs areanalyzed by NextGen sequencing to reveal the tumor-targeting TCRs in therepertoire. Finally, monoclonal paired TCRα:β cDNAs are recovered,transduced into human pan-T cells, and assayed by tumor cell co-culturein order to identify anti-RCC TCRs. These results will demonstrate thatthe TCR libraries of the present technology are useful for personalizedantigen-specific therapies in human patients.

Example 13: Application of Paired TCRα:β Gene Therapy to Treat ColonCarcinoma, Ovarian Cancer, and B Cell Cancers

Colon cancer. Paired TCRα:β gene libraries against RKO cells (a humancolon carcinoma cell line) are cloned into mouse T cells. Briefly, pan-Tcells will be isolated from mouse spleens using magnetic beads andsubjected to either lentiviral or transposase-based TCR gene delivery.

According to the lentiviral strategy illustrated in FIG. 20, human TCRconstant region genes are used to prevent cross-dimerization with thenative mouse TCRs. Next, T cells are stained with antibodies to evaluatesurface expression of transgenic human α and β constant region proteins,and TCR expression is quantified by flow cytometry. Lentiviral genetransduction is used to transform mouse pan-T cells with anti-RKO TCRsto evaluate RKO killing efficacy. Transduced T cells are isolated byflow cytometry for human TCR expression to obtain pure transduced TCRlibraries. Transformed cells may be co-cultured with RKO tumor cellswith any of the following stimulation conditions: none, IL-2,anti-CD3/anti-CD28 magnetic beads, or IL-2/anti-CD3/anti-CD28. In vitroRKO cell killing was assessed by the IncuCyte Live Cell assay, whichmeasures the loss of fluorescently-labeled tumor cells due to cellkilling.

For in vivo studies, stimulated T cells are delivered to mice viaintravenous tail vein injection. Mice are followed for 30 days to recordweight loss and tumor volume. Treated mice are compared to non-treatedmouse controls (Groups 1 and 4, FIG. 21(b)), as well as historicalcontrols treated with currently approved antibody-based immunotherapies(FIG. 21(a)). Delays in tumor growth are quantified as a major studyendpoint. Animals treated with T cells comprising anti-RKO TCRs areexpected to match or exceed the delay in tumor growth observed inanimals treated with antibody-based immunotherapies.

Ovarian Cancer. Human clinical PBMC and TIL samples are collected fromexcised tumors and/or patient blood. TCRα:β libraries from ovariancancer patients are isolated. Clinical PBMC and/or TIL samples areobtained following surgical resection and/or blood draws. TCRα:β cloningis performed using a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter system forretroviral TCR transduction into J.RT3 T cells. J.RT3 cells do notexpress an endogenous TCR and provide stabilizing proteins andco-expression factors (including CD3 and CD8) for TCR expression, makingJ.RT3 an ideal mammalian host for TCR display. Natively paired α:βvariable region genes are cloned into the pLVX lentiviral expressionvector using restriction sites at the ends of the linked amplicon.Vector libraries are amplified in E. coli. and TCRα:β expressionlibraries are co-transfected into HEK293T cells along with packaging andenvelope vectors (psPax2 and pMD2.g) to generate lentiviral TCRα:βtransduction particles (FIG. 20).

B cell cancers. B cell lineage cancers include lymphoma and multiplemyeloma that express antibody genes as tumor-specific neoantigens thatare targeted by TCRs. Paired TCRα:β gene libraries are isolated from Bcell lineage cancer patients. Paired TCRα:β cloning is performed using agreen fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter system for retroviraltransduction of TCR expression plasmids into J.RT3 T cells. J.RT3 cellsdo not express an endogenous TCR and also provide the stabilizingproteins and co-expression factors (including CD3 and CD8) needed forstable TCR expression, making J.RT3 a suitable mammalian host for TCRlibrary display. Natively paired α:β variable region genes are clonedinto the pLVX lentiviral expression vector using restriction sites atthe ends of the linked amplicon (as shown in FIG. 20).

Vector libraries are amplified in E. coli. using strains designed forstable lentiviral plasmid replication (e.g., Stbl3¹²), and then TCRα:βexpression libraries are co-transfected into HEK293T cells along withpackaging and envelope vectors (psPax2 and pMD2.g) to generatelentiviral TCRα:β transduction particles. In parallel, tumor-specificBCRs are sequenceed from PBMC clinical samples. J.RT3 T cells aretransduced at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of less than 0.2 (i.e.,one TCR transgene per cell) to assay TCR binding to BCR neoantigens.Transduced cells will be screened against overlapping peptide-MHC fromCDR-H3−, CDR-L3−, and somatic mutation-derived neoantigens from thepatient-sequenced tumor-encoded antibody genes.

The Illumina MiSeq 2×300 paired-end NGS system is used to analyzelibrary diversity and characterize V and Va libraries at each step inthe cloning process (i.e., input cDNA, post-lentiviral particlegeneration, and mCherry+J.RT3/CD8 cells with surface-displayed TCR).2×300 sequencing permits full coverage of CDRα3 and CDRβ3 regions.High-throughput sequencing will verify that TCR libraries maintain highdiversity throughout the library cloning process and that ≥10⁶ nativeTCRα:βs displayed on mammalian cells will be generated. TCRα:βsdiscovered by peptide:MHC neoantigen screening are tested for affinityusing surface plasmon resonance (SPR). These results will demonstratethat theTCR libraries of the present technology are useful forpersonalized antigen-specific therapies in human patients.

All publications, patent applications, patents, and other referencesmentioned herein are expressly incorporated by reference in theirentirety, to the same extent as if each were incorporated by referenceindividually. In case of conflict, the present specification, includingdefinitions, will control.

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The present technology is not to be limited in terms of the particularembodiments described in this application, which are intended as singleillustrations of individual aspects of the present technology. Manymodifications and variations of this technology can be made withoutdeparting from its spirit and scope, as will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art. Functionally equivalent methods and apparatuseswithin the scope of the present technology, in addition to thoseenumerated herein, will be apparent to those skilled in the art from theforegoing descriptions. Such modifications and variations are intendedto fall within the scope of the appended claims. The present technologyis to be limited only by the terms of the appended claims, along withthe full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. It isto be understood that this technology is not limited to particularmethods, reagents, compounds compositions or biological systems, whichcan, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the terminologyused herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodimentsonly, and is not intended to be limiting.

In addition, where features or aspects of the disclosure are describedin terms of Markush groups, those skilled in the art will recognize thatthe disclosure is also thereby described in terms of any individualmember or subgroup of members of the Markush group.

As will be understood by one skilled in the art, for any and allpurposes, particularly in terms of providing a written description, allranges disclosed herein also encompass any and all possible subrangesand combinations of subranges thereof. Any listed range can be easilyrecognized as sufficiently describing and enabling the same range beingbroken down into at least equal halves, thirds, quarters, fifths,tenths, etc. As a non-limiting example, each range discussed herein canbe readily broken down into a lower third, middle third and upper third,etc. As will also be understood by one skilled in the art all languagesuch as “up to,” “at least,” “greater than,” “less than,” and the like,include the number recited and refer to ranges which can be subsequentlybroken down into subranges as discussed above. Finally, as will beunderstood by one skilled in the art, a range includes each individualmember. Thus, for example, a group having 1-3 cells refers to groupshaving 1, 2, or 3 cells. Similarly, a group having 1-5 cells refers togroups having 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 cells, and so forth.

All patents, patent applications, provisional applications, andpublications referred to or cited herein are incorporated by referencein their entirety, including all figures and tables, to the extent theyare not inconsistent with the explicit teachings of this specification.

The present technology may include, but is not limited to, the featuresand combinations of features recited in the following letteredparagraphs, it being understood that the following paragraphs should notbe interpreted as limiting the scope of the claims as appended hereto ormandating that all such features must necessarily be included in such

A. A recombinant T cell receptor (TCR) library vector comprising:

(a) a vector backbone; and

(b) (i) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a secondpolynucleotide encoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or

-   -   (ii) a first polynucleotide encoding a TCRγ polypeptide and a        second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδ polypeptide;

wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognate pair, andwherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide arederived from mRNA isolated from a single lysed T cell that is present ina compartment.

B. The vector of Paragraph A, wherein the mRNA of the single lysed Tcell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent or reversetranscription-PCR (RT-PCR).C. The vector of Paragraph A or Paragraph B, wherein the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide are operably linked,optionally via a linker polynucleotide, and optionally wherein the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide are operably linked byreverse transcription and PCR amplification of the T cell mRNA.D. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, wherein the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide have been cloned into thevector backbone by cleavage at a target restriction endonuclease sitethat is natively found in TCR genes.E. The vector of Paragraph D, wherein the target restrictionendonuclease site occurs in TCR genes with low frequency.F. The vector of Paragraph D or Paragraph E, wherein the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide have been altered toincorporate at least one target restriction endonuclease site disclosedin Table 7 or 8.G. The vector of any one of Paragraphs D-F, wherein the targetrestriction endonuclease site comprises a silent mutation.H. The vector of any one of Paragraphs D-G, wherein the mRNA capturereagent is selected from the group consisting of a poly(dT) coated bead,an oligonucleotide-coated bead, a hydrogel bead, and a printed oligo onthe surface of a microarray well.I. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, wherein thecompartment is an emulsion droplet or a well.J. The vector of Paragraph I, wherein the well is located in a printedpolymer slide, a plastic plate, a microtiter plate, or a gel. K. Thevector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, wherein the compartmenthas a volume of 5 nL or less.L. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, further comprisingat least one polynucleotide encoding an expression control elementoperably linked to the first polynucleotide and/or the secondpolynucleotide.M. The vector of Paragraph L, wherein the expression control element isselected from the group consisting of: a promoter, a p2A sequence, andan IRES sequence.N. The vector of Paragraph M, wherein the promoter is an EF1α promoteror a CMV promoter.o. The vector of any one of Paragraphs L-N, wherein the polynucleotideencoding the expression control element is located between the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide.P. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, wherein the vectoris circularized.Q. The vector of any one of Paragraphs L-P, wherein the vector has beencircularized prior to incorporation of the expression control elementinto the vector.R. The vector of any one of Paragraphs L-P, wherein the vector has beencircularized after incorporation of the expression control element intothe vector.S. The vector of any one of Paragraphs L-R, wherein the expressioncontrol element has been incorporated near a protospacer adjacent motif(PAM).T. The vector of any one of Paragraphs L-R, wherein the expressioncontrol element has been incorporated into the vector using aDNA-modifying enzyme selected from a restriction enzyme or a TALEN.U. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, further comprisingone or more polynucleotides encoding a transposon linked to at least oneof the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide.V. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, further comprisinga polynucleotide encoding a detectable marker.W. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, further comprisinga polynucleotide encoding a selectable marker.X. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, further comprisinga polynucleotide encoding a switch mechanism for controlling expressionand/or activation of the first polynucleotide and the secondpolynucleotide.Y. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, further comprisinga polynucleotide encoding a Kozak consensus sequence or an enhancer.Z. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, wherein the vectorbackbone is selected from a group consisting of a retroviral, alentiviral, an adenoviral, and an adeno-associated viral vectorbackbone.AA. The vector of any one of the previous Paragraphs, wherein the vectorencodes a TCR that has binding specificity for a target cell or adisease antigen.BB. The vector of Paragraph AA, wherein the target cell is a cancer cellor a cell infected with a virus, optionally wherein the target cell wasisolated from a subject.CC. The vector of Paragraph AA, wherein the disease antigen is a viralantigen or a tumor antigen, optionally wherein the antigen is loadedinto an antigen:MHC complex.DD. The vector of Paragraph CC, wherein the disease antigen is a viralantigen derived from a virus selected from the group consisting ofadenovirus, CMV, coronavirus, coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Epstein-Barrvirus (EBV), enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebola virus, hepatitis A (HAV),hepatitis B (HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D(HDV), hepatitis E (HEV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), humanpapillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), human T-lymphotropicvirus (HTLV), influenza A virus, influenza B virus, Japaneseencephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus, molluscum contagiosum, orfvirus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratory syncytial virus, riftvalley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus, tick-borne encephalitis(TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus (TEV),varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, andChikungunya virus.EE. The vector of Paragraph CC, wherein the disease antigen is a tumorantigen selected from the group consisting of CD45, glypican-3, IGF2B3,Kallikrein 4, KIF20A, Lengsin, Meloe, mucin 5AC (MUC5AC), survivin,cyclin-A1, MAGE-A1, MAGE-C1, MAGE-C2, SSX2, XAGE1b/GAGED2A, CD19, CD20,CD22, CD52, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), human epidermalgrowth factor receptor 2 (HER2), tumor necrosis factor receptorsuperfamily, member 10a (TRAILR1), receptor activator of nuclear factorkappa-B ligand (RANKL), insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R),epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), and carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA).FF. A recombinant cell comprising the vector of any one of the previousParagraphs, optionally wherein the recombinant cell is a bacterial cell,mammalian cell, or a yeast cell.GG. A recombinant TCR vector library comprising a plurality of vectorsaccording to any one of Paragraphs A-EE.HH. The recombinant TCR vector library of Paragraph GG, wherein theplurality of vectors comprises a TCR repertoire.II. The recombinant TCR vector library of Paragraph GG or Paragraph HH,wherein each vector in the plurality of vectors has been selected on thebasis of one or more of the following characteristics: TCR clonalprevalence, TCR enrichment characteristics from in vitro assays, TCRbinding specificity, TCR V segment sequence, TCR D segment sequence, TCRJ segment sequence, TCR gene motifs, and/or CDR3 gene motifs.JJ. The recombinant TCR vector library of any one of Paragraphs GG-II,wherein the TCR vector library has been characterized by nucleic acidsequencing of the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide.KK. An isolated immune cell comprising the vector of any one ofParagraphs A-EE.LL. The isolated immune cell of Paragraph KK, wherein the immune cell isa hematopoietic stem cell, a hematopoietic progenitor cell, a T cell, ora natural killer (NK) cell.MM. A cell population comprising the vector of any one of ParagraphsA-EE, or the vector library of any one of Paragraphs GG-JJ.NN. The cell population of Paragraph MM, wherein the populationcomprises hematopoietic stem cells, hematopoietic progenitor cells, Tcells, and/or NK cells.oo. A method for preparing a recombinant TCR library, the methodcomprising transforming a population of cells with the vector library ofany one of Paragraphs GG-JJ.PP. The method of Paragraph 00, wherein the cells are hematopoietic stemcells, hematopoietic progenitor cells, T cells, or NK cells.QQ. The method of Paragraph 00 or Paragraph PP, further comprisingscreening the library for specific binding to a target cell.RR. The method of Paragraph QQ, wherein the target cell is a cancer cellor a cell infected with a virus, optionally wherein the cell wasisolated from a subject.SS. The method of Paragraph 00 or Paragraph PP, further comprisingscreening the library for specific binding to an antigen:MHC complex.TT. The method of Paragraph SS, wherein the antigen of the antigen:MHCcomplex is a viral antigen derived from a virus selected from the groupconsisting of adenovirus, CMV, coronavirus, coxsackievirus, Denguevirus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebola virus,hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B (HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C(HCV), hepatitis D (HDV), hepatitis E (HEV), human immunodeficiencyvirus (HIV), human papillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV),human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), influenza A virus, influenza B virus,Japanese encephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus, molluscumcontagiosum, orf virus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratory syncytialvirus, rift valley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus, tick-borneencephalitis (TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus(TEV), varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, andChikungunya virus.UU. The method of Paragraph SS, wherein the antigen of the antigen:MHCcomplex is a tumor antigen selected from the group consisting of CD45,glypican-3, IGF2B3, Kallikrein 4, KIF20A, Lengsin, Meloe, mucin 5AC(MUC5AC), survivin, cyclin-A1, MAGE-A1, MAGE-C1, MAGE-C2, SSX2,XAGE1b/GAGED2A, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD52, EGFR, HER2, TRAILR1, RANKL,IGF1R, EpCAM, and CEA.VV. The method of any one of Paragraphs OO-UU, further comprisingscreening the library for T cell phenotypic markers.WW. The method of any one of Paragraphs OO-VV, further comprisingscreening the library for activity in a co-culture system, wherein theco-culture system comprises at least one of the following:

(a) a cancer cell line;

(b) a plurality of cells infected with a known virus;

(c) a plurality of tumor cells isolated from a cancer patient;

(d) an immortalized cell line; or

(e) a plurality of cells derived from a patient tissue biopsy.

XX. The method of any one of Paragraphs OO-WW, further comprising invitro activation of the transformed population of cells.YY. The method of Paragraph XX, wherein in vitro activation is performedusing one or more of the following stimulants: anti-CD3 antibody,anti-CD8 antibody, anti-CD27 antibody, IL-2, IL-4, IL-21, anti-PD1antibody, anti-CTLA4 antibody, tumor cell lysate, cellular co-culturewith virus-infected cells, and tumor cell lines.ZZ. The method of any one of Paragraphs OO-YY, further comprisingtransforming the population of cells with a polynucleotide encoding atranscription factor.AAA. The method of Paragraph ZZ, wherein the transcription factor isselected from the group consisting of FOXP3, BLIMP-1, Ikaros, Helios andTGF-beta.BBB. The method of any one of Paragraphs OO-AAA, further comprisingselecting individual vectors for inclusion in the recombinant TCRlibrary on the basis of one or more of the following characteristics:TCR clonal prevalence, TCR enrichment characteristics from in vitroassays, TCR binding specificity, TCR V segment sequence, TCR D segmentsequence, TCR J segment sequence, TCR gene motifs, and/or CDR3 genemotifs.CCC. The method of Paragraph BBB, wherein selection comprises mixingindividual vectors at a defined ratio to generate asynthetically-derived TCR library.DDD. A recombinant TCR library prepared by a method according to any oneof Paragraphs OO-CCC.EEE. A composition comprising the recombinant TCR library of ParagraphDDD and a carrier.FFF. The composition of Paragraph EEE, wherein the carrier is apharmaceutically acceptable carrier.GGG. A method of treating a subject in need thereof, the methodcomprising administering to the subject an effective amount of therecombinant TCR library of Paragraph DDD or the composition of ParagraphEEE or Paragraph FFF to the subject.HHH. A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, themethod comprising administering to the subject an effective amount ofthe recombinant TCR library Paragraph DDD or the composition ofParagraph EEE or Paragraph FFF to the subject.III. The method of Paragraph HHH, wherein the cancer is acutelymphoblastic leukemia (ALL); acute myeloid leukemia (AML);adrenocortical carcinoma; AIDS-related cancers; anal cancer; appendixcancer; astrocytomas; atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, brain cancer;basal cell carcinoma of the skin; bile duct cancer; bladder cancer; bonecancer; breast cancer; bronchial tumors; Burkitt lymphoma; carcinoidtumor (gastrointestinal); germ cell tumor; primary CNS lymphoma;cervical cancer; cholangiocarcinoma; chordoma; chronic lymphocyticleukemia (CLL); chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML); chronicmyeloproliferative neoplasms; colorectal cancer; craniopharyngioma;cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS); endometrialcancer; ependymoma; esophageal cancer; esthesioneuroblastoma;extracranial germ cell tumor; extragonadal germ cell tumor; eye cancer;intraocular melanoma; retinoblastoma; fallopian tube cancer; fibroushistiocytoma of bone, malignant, and osteosarcoma; gallbladder cancer;gastric cancer; gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor; gastrointestinalstromal tumors (GIST); germ cell tumors; gestational trophoblasticdisease; hairy cell leukemia; head and neck cancer; heart tumors;hepatocellular cancer; histiocytosis, Langerhans cell; Hodgkin lymphoma;hypopharyngeal cancer; intraocular melanoma; islet cell tumors,pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; kidney cancer; laryngeal cancer;leukemia; lip and oral cavity cancer; liver cancer; lung cancer;lymphoma; male breast cancer; malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone andosteosarcoma; melanoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; mesothelioma; metastaticcancer; mouth cancer; multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome; multiplemyeloma/plasma cell neoplasms; mycosis fungoides; myelodysplasticsyndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasm, chronic; nasopharyngeal cancer;neuroblastoma; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; non-small cell lung cancer; oralcancer, oropharyngeal cancer; osteosarcoma; ovarian cancer; pancreaticcancer; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; papillomatosis; paraganglioma;paranasal sinus cancer; parathyroid cancer; pharyngeal cancer;pheochromocytoma; pituitary tumor; pleuropulmonary blastoma; prostatecancer; rectal cancer; recurrent cancer; renal cell cancer;retinoblastoma; rhabdomyosarcoma; salivary gland cancer; sarcoma; Ewingsarcoma; Kaposi sarcoma; osteosarcoma; uterine sarcoma; Sezary syndrome;skin cancer; small cell lung cancer; small intestine cancer; soft tissuesarcoma; squamous cell carcinoma of the skin; squamous neck cancer;stomach cancer; T cell lymphoma; testicular cancer; throat cancer;nasopharyngeal cancer; hypopharyngeal cancer; thymic carcinoma; thyroidcancer; urethral cancer; uterine cancer; vaginal cancer; vasculartumors; vulvar cancer; or Wilms tumor.JJJ. A method of inhibiting tumor growth in a subject in need thereof,the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amountof the recombinant TCR library of Paragraph DDD or the composition ofParagraph EEE or Paragraph FFF to the subject.KKK. The method of Paragraph JJJ, wherein the tumor is a solid tumor.LLL. A method of treating a viral infection in a subject in needthereof, the method comprising administering to the subject an effectiveamount of the recombinant TCR library of Paragraph DDD or thecomposition of Paragraph EEE or Paragraph FFF to the subject.MMM. The method of Paragraph LLL, wherein the viral infection is causedby a virus selected from the group consisting of adenovirus, CMV,coronavirus, coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebola virus, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B(HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D (HDV),hepatitis E (HEV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), humanpapillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), human T-lymphotropicvirus (HTLV), influenza A virus, influenza B virus, Japaneseencephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus, molluscum contagiosum, orfvirus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratory syncytial virus, riftvalley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus, tick-borne encephalitis(TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus (TEV),varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, andChikungunya virus.NNN. The method of any one of Paragraphs GGG-MMM, further comprisingadministering a second dose of the recombinant TCR library of ParagraphDDD or the composition of Paragraph EEE or Paragraph FFF to the subject.OOO. The method of any one of Paragraphs GGG-NNN, wherein therecombinant TCR library comprises cells that are autologous or allogenicto the subject being treated.PPP. The method of anyone of Paragraphs GGG-OO, wherein the subject is ahuman, an animal, a non-human primate, a dog, cat, a sheep, a mouse, ahorse, or a cow.QQQ. The method of Paragraph PPP, wherein the subject is a human.

Other embodiments are set forth within the following claims.

1. A recombinant T cell receptor (TCR) library vector comprising: (a) avector backbone, optionally wherein the vector backbone is selected froma group consisting of a retroviral, a lentiviral, an adenoviral, and anadeno-associated viral vector backbone; and (b) (i) a firstpolynucleotide encoding a TCRα polypeptide and a second polynucleotideencoding a TCRβ polypeptide; or (ii) a first polynucleotide encoding aTCRγ polypeptide and a second polynucleotide encoding a TCRδpolypeptide; wherein the first and second polynucleotides are a cognatepair, and wherein the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotideare derived from mRNA isolated from a single lysed T cell that ispresent in a compartment, optionally wherein the compartment has avolume of 5 nL or less, or the compartment is an emulsion droplet or awell, optionally wherein the well is located in a printed polymer slide,a plastic plate, a microtiter plate, or a gel, or wherein the vector iscircularized.
 2. The vector of claim 1, wherein the mRNA of the singlelysed T cell is isolated using an mRNA capture reagent or reversetranscription-PCR (RT-PCR), optionally wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide are operably linked via a linkerpolynucleotide or by reverse transcription and PCR amplification of theT cell mRNA, or the mRNA capture reagent is selected from the groupconsisting of a poly(dT) coated bead, an oligonucleotide-coated bead, ahydrogel bead, and a printed oligo on the surface of a microarray well.3. (canceled)
 4. The vector of claim 1, wherein the first polynucleotideand the second polynucleotide have been cloned into the vector backboneby cleavage at a target restriction endonuclease site that is nativelyfound in TCR genes, optionally wherein the target restrictionendonuclease site occurs in TCR genes with low frequency: or the targetrestriction endonuclease site comprises a silent mutation; or the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide have been altered toincorporate at least one target restriction endonuclease site disclosedin Table 7 or
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 12. The vector of claim 1,further comprising at least one polynucleotide encoding an expressioncontrol element operably linked to the first polynucleotide and/or thesecond polynucleotide, optionally wherein the expression control elementis selected from the group consisting of: a promoter, an EF1α promoter,a CMV promoter, a p2A sequence, and an IRES sequence, or wherein theexpression control element has been incorporated near a protospaceradjacent motif (PAM), or wherein the expression control element has beenincorporated into the vector using a DNA-modifying enzyme selected froma restriction enzyme or a TALEN.
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 15. Thevector of claim 12, wherein the polynucleotide encoding the expressioncontrol element is located between the first polynucleotide and thesecond polynucleotide, or wherein the vector has been circularized priorto or after incorporation of the expression control element into thevector.
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 21. The vector of claim 1, further comprising one or morepolynucleotides encoding a transposon linked to at least one of thefirst polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide, or a polynucleotideencoding a detectable marker or selectable marker, or a polynucleotideencoding a switch mechanism for controlling expression and/or activationof the first polynucleotide and the second polynucleotide, or apolynucleotide encoding a Kozak consensus sequence or an enhancer. 22.(canceled)
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 28. (canceled)29. The vector of claim 27, wherein the disease antigen is a viralantigen or a tumor antigen, optionally wherein the disease antigen isloaded into an antigen:MHC complex, or is a viral antigen derived from avirus selected from the group consisting of adenovirus, CMV,coronavirus, coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebola virus, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B(HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D (HDV),hepatitis E (HEV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), humanpapillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), human T-lymphotropicvirus (HTLV), influenza A virus, influenza B virus, Japaneseencephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus, molluscum contagiosum, orfvirus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratory syncytial virus, riftvalley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus, tick-borne encephalitis(TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus (TEV),varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, andChikungunya virus, or is a tumor antigen selected from the groupconsisting of CD45, glypican-3, IGF2B3, Kallikrein 4, KIF20A, Lengsin,Meloe, mucin 5AC (MUC5AC), survivin, cyclin-A1, MAGE-A1, MAGE-C1,MAGE-C2, SSX2, XAGE1b/GAGED2A, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD52, epidermal growthfactor receptor (EGFR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2),tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 10a (TRAILR1),receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL),insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R), epithelial cell adhesionmolecule (EpCAM), and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA).
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 32. A recombinant cell comprising the vector of claim 1,optionally wherein the recombinant cell is a bacterial cell, mammaliancell, or a yeast cell.
 33. A recombinant TCR vector library comprising aplurality of vectors according to claim 1, optionally wherein theplurality of vectors comprises a TCR repertoire, or each vector in theplurality of vectors has been selected on the basis of one or more ofthe following characteristics: TCR clonal prevalence, TCR enrichmentcharacteristics from in vitro assays, TCR binding specificity, TCR Vsegment sequence, TCR D segment sequence, TCR J segment sequence, TCRgene motifs, and/or CDR3 gene motifs, or wherein the TCR vector libraryhas been characterized by nucleic acid sequencing of the firstpolynucleotide and the second polynucleotide.
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 37. An isolated immune cell comprising thevector of claim 1, optionally wherein the immune cell is a hematopoieticstem cell, a hematopoietic progenitor cell, a T cell, or a naturalkiller (NK) cell.
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 41. A method for preparing a recombinantTCR library, the method comprising transforming a population of cellswith the vector library of claim 33, optionally wherein the cells arehematopoietic stem cells, hematopoietic progenitor cells, T cells, or NKcells.
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 43. The method of claim 41, further comprisingscreening the library for specific binding to a target cell, optionallywherein the target cell is a cancer cell or a cell infected with avirus, or the cell was isolated from a subject.
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 45. Themethod of claim 41, further comprising screening the library forspecific binding to an antigen:MHC complex, optionally wherein theantigen of the antigen:MHC complex is a viral antigen derived from avirus selected from the group consisting of adenovirus, CMV,coronavirus, coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebola virus, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B(HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D (HDV),hepatitis E (HEV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), humanpapillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), human T-lymphotropicvirus (HTLV), influenza A virus, influenza B virus, Japaneseencephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus, molluscum contagiosum, orfvirus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratory syncytial virus, riftvalley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus, tick-borne encephalitis(TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus (TEV),varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, andChikungunya virus, or the antigen of the antigen:MHC complex is a tumorantigen selected from the group consisting of CD45, glypican-3, IGF2B3,Kallikrein 4, KIF20A, Lengsin, Meloe, mucin 5AC (MUC5AC), survivin,cyclin-A1, MAGE-A1, MAGE-C1, MAGE-C2, SSX2, XAGE1b/GAGED2A, CD19, CD20,CD22, CD52, EGFR, HER2, TRAILR1, RANKL, IGF1R, EpCAM, and CEA. 46.(canceled)
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 48. The method of claim 41, further comprisingscreening the library for T cell phenotypic markers; or screening thelibrary for activity in a co-culture system, wherein the co-culturesystem comprises at least one of the following: (a) a cancer cell line:(b) a plurality of cells infected with a known virus: (c) a plurality oftumor cells isolated from a cancer patient (d) an immortalized cellline: or (e) a plurality of cells derived from a patient tissue biopsy:or performing in vitro activation of the transformed population ofcells, optionally wherein in vitro activation is performed using one ormore of the following stimulants: anti-CD3 antibody, anti-CD8 antibody,anti-CD27 antibody, IL-2, IL-4, IL-21, anti-PD1 antibody, anti-CTLA4antibody, tumor cell lysate, cellular co-culture with virus-infectedcells, and tumor cell lines: or transforming the population of cellswith a polynucleotide encoding a transcription factor, optionallywherein the transcription factor is selected from the group consistingof FOXP3, BLIMP-1, Ikaros, Helios and TGF-beta: or selecting individualvectors for inclusion in the recombinant TCR library on the basis of oneor more of the following characteristics: TCR clonal prevalence, TCRenrichment characteristics from in vitro assays, TCR bindingspecificity, TCR V segment sequence, TCR D segment sequence, TCR Jsegment sequence, TCR gene motifs, and/or CDR3 gene motifs, optionallywherein selection comprises mixing individual vectors at a defined ratioto generate a synthetically-derived TCR library.
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 57. A composition comprising a recombinantTCR library prepared by a method according to claim 41 and a carrier,optionally wherein the carrier is a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.58. (canceled)
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 60. A method of treating cancer in asubject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to thesubject an effective amount of the composition of claim 57 to thesubject, optionally wherein the cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL); acute myeloid leukemia (AML); adrenocortical carcinoma;AIDS-related cancers; anal cancer; appendix cancer; astrocytomas;atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, brain cancer; basal cell carcinoma ofthe skin; bile duct cancer; bladder cancer; bone cancer; breast cancer;bronchial tumors; Burkitt lymphoma; carcinoid tumor (gastrointestinal);germ cell tumor; primary CNS lymphoma; cervical cancer;cholangiocarcinoma; chordoma; chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL);chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML); chronic myeloproliferativeneoplasms; colorectal cancer; craniopharyngioma; cutaneous T-celllymphoma; ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS); endometrial cancer;ependymoma; esophageal cancer; esthesioneuroblastoma; extracranial germcell tumor; extragonadal germ cell tumor; eye cancer; intraocularmelanoma; retinoblastoma; fallopian tube cancer; fibrous histiocytoma ofbone, malignant, and osteosarcoma; gallbladder cancer; gastric cancer;gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor; gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GIST); germ cell tumors; gestational trophoblastic disease; hairy cellleukemia; head and neck cancer; heart tumors; hepatocellular cancer;histiocytosis, Langerhans cell; Hodgkin lymphoma; hypopharyngeal cancer;intraocular melanoma; islet cell tumors, pancreatic neuroendocrinetumors; kidney cancer; laryngeal cancer; leukemia; lip and oral cavitycancer; liver cancer; lung cancer; lymphoma; male breast cancer;malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone and osteosarcoma; melanoma;Merkel cell carcinoma; mesothelioma; metastatic cancer; mouth cancer;multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome; multiple myeloma/plasma cellneoplasms; mycosis fungoides; myelodysplastic syndrome,myeloproliferative neoplasm, chronic; nasopharyngeal cancer;neuroblastoma; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; non-small cell lung cancer; oralcancer, oropharyngeal cancer; osteosarcoma; ovarian cancer; pancreaticcancer; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; papillomatosis; paraganglioma;paranasal sinus cancer; parathyroid cancer; pharyngeal cancer;pheochromocytoma; pituitary tumor; pleuropulmonary blastoma; prostatecancer; rectal cancer; recurrent cancer; renal cell cancer;retinoblastoma; rhabdomyosarcoma; salivary gland cancer; sarcoma; Ewingsarcoma; Kaposi sarcoma; osteosarcoma; uterine sarcoma; Sezary syndrome;skin cancer; small cell lung cancer; small intestine cancer; soft tissuesarcoma; squamous cell carcinoma of the skin; squamous neck cancer;stomach cancer; T cell lymphoma; testicular cancer; throat cancer;nasopharyngeal cancer; hypopharyngeal cancer; thymic carcinoma; thyroidcancer; urethral cancer; uterine cancer; vaginal cancer; vasculartumors; vulvar cancer; or Wilms tumor; or the recombinant TCR librarycomprises cells that are autologous or allogenic to the subject beingtreated; or the subject is a human, an animal, a non-human primate, adog, cat, a sheep, a mouse, a horse, or a cow.
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 62. Amethod of inhibiting tumor growth in a subject in need thereof, themethod comprising administering to the subject an effective amount ofthe composition of claim 57 to the subject, optionally wherein the tumoris a solid tumor; or the recombinant TCR library comprises cells thatare autologous or allogenic to the subject being treated; or the subjectis a human, an animal, a non-human primate, a dog, cat, a sheep, amouse, a horse, or a cow.
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 64. A method of treating aviral infection in a subject in need thereof, the method comprisingadministering to the subject an effective amount of the composition ofclaim 57 to the subject, optionally wherein the viral infection iscaused by a virus selected from the group consisting of adenovirus, CMV,coronavirus, coxsackievirus, Dengue virus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV),enterovirus 71 (EV71), Ebola virus, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B(HBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D (HDV),hepatitis E (HEV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), humanpapillomavirus (HPV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), human T-lymphotropicvirus (HTLV), influenza A virus, influenza B virus, Japaneseencephalitis, leukemia virus, measles virus, molluscum contagiosum, orfvirus, parvovirus, rabies virus, respiratory syncytial virus, riftvalley fever virus, rubella virus, rotavirus, tick-borne encephalitis(TBEV), simian immunodeficiency virus, tobacco etch virus (TEV),varicella zoster virus, variola, West Nile virus, Zika virus, andChikungunya virus or the recombinant TCR library comprises cells thatare autologous or allogenic to the subject being treated: or the subjectis a human, an animal, a non-human primate, a dog, cat, a sheep, amouse, a horse, or a cow.
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